MHBA | MBI
The Most Misunderstood Word in Construction If modular construction has faced one consistent challenge, it hasn’t been capability. It’s been perception.
There was no immediate payoff. No guarantee it would recover.
“We just wanted to make sure it didn’t disappear,” he says. “There was still a need for it.” That need became the foundation for rebuilding. The organization was redefined. Its purpose clarified. Past members were brought back into the conversation. And slowly, what had nearly been lost began to take shape again. Today, MHBA represents roughly 170 members and serves as the primary advocacy voice for modular home building across the United States. “It’s always been about bringing competitors together,” Hardiman explains.
“Most people, when they hear modular… they think, ‘Oh, you mean trailers, manufactured housing, HUD code.’ And that is not who we are.”
“So, we can go to government with one voice instead of everyone trying to do it on their own.”
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