A mobile dwelling constructed or converted and intended for use as a permanent residence and designed to be moved overland, either self-propelled or by towing It includes all HHG, personal effects, and professional books, papers and equipment contained in the mobile home and owned or intended for use by the member or the members' dependents A mobile home includes a house trailer, a privately owned rail car converted for use as a residence (51 Comp Gen 806 (1972)), and a boat a member uses as the place of principal residence (62 Comp Gen 292 (1983))
A trailer that is designed or equipped with wheels, and made to provide a residence for one or more persons Tenant and travel trailers are not included
A mobile home is essentially a moveable house--often 10 or 12 feet [3 or 3 7 meters] in width--and can only be moved by a proper tractor; not to be confused with a motor home[see RV for the definition of a motor home]
A factory-assembled residence consisting of one or more modules, in which a chassis and wheels are an integral part of the structure, and can be readied for occupancy without removing the chassis and/or wheeels
A mobile home is a large caravan that people live in and that usually remains in the same place, but which can be pulled to another place using a car or van
The term coined by Elmer Frey to describe his first ten-wide models, but soon adopted by the industry to describe homes manufactured from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s Strictly speaking, mobile homes are no longer produced, although casual terminology still refers to some manufactured homes as "mobile homes " Mobile homes were no longer built after June 1980, the date the U S Congress officially changed the term to "manufactured home " The term still applies, however, to pre-HUD-Code homes
a factory-assembled residence consisting of one or more modules in which a chassis and wheels are an integral of the structure, and can be readied for occupancy without removing the chassis and/or wheels
A factory assembled residence consisting of one or more modules, in which a chassis and wheels are an integral part of the structure and that can be made ready for occupancy without removing the chassis and/or wheels See also "Modular House"
A moveable dwelling designed and constructed to be transported (by road) on its own chassis to a site and placed on a temporary foundation such as blocks, posts or a prepared pad It should be capable of being moved to a new location
Prefabricated trailer-type housing units that are semipermanently attached to land, either the owner's fee land or a leasehold, such as in a mobile-home park Mobile homes are usually affixed to a concrete foundation and connected to utilities Although they may not be as mobile as the word implies, they may be removed from such attachments and hauled to a new location In this respect mobile homes possess the features of both real and personal property They are like real property when the units are attached to the earth's surface, and like personal property when they are detached and moved The courts, however, generally consider a mobile home as a fixture and thus treat it as real property
A residential structure intended for permanent human occupancy and constructed for movement on the public highways, constructed prior to adoption of June 15, 1976 U S Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards, but meeting the requirements of Oregon's mobile home laws in effect between January 1, 1962 and June 15, 1976 which met the construction requirements of Oregon Mobile Home Law in effect at the time of construction and which exhibits an Oregon Department of Commerce Insignia of Compliance that indicates conformance with U S Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, standards
Manufactured housing constructed according to Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (HUD Title 6) Mobile property constructed with an undercarriage for wheels A mobile home may later be affixed to a foundation making a more permanent installation Not to be confused with a modular home