(a) The National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974 (title VI of Pub. L. 93–383, 88
Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C. 5401, et seq.) (hereinafter
referred to as the Act), requires
the Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to establish
Federal manufactured home
construction and safety standards and
to issue regulations to carry out the purpose of the Act. The standards promulgated
pursuant to the Act appear
at part 3280 of chapter XX of this title,
and apply to all manufactured homes
manufactured for sale to purchasers in
the United States on or after the effective
date of the standards (June 15,
1976). A manufactured home is manufactured
on or after June 15, 1976, if it
enters the first stage of production on
or after that date.
(b) The Secretary is also authorized
by the Act to conduct inspections and
investigations necessary to enforce the
standards, to determine that a manufactured
home fails to comply with an
applicable standard or contains a defect
or an imminent safety hazard, and
to direct the manufacturer to furnish
notification thereof, and in some cases,
to remedy the defect or imminent safety
hazard. The purpose of this part is
to prescribe procedures for the implementation
of these responsibilities of
the Secretary under the Act through
the use of private and State inspection
organizations and cooperation with
State manufactured home agencies. It
is the policy of the Department to involve
State agencies in the enforcement
of the Federal manufactured
home standards to the maximum extent
possible consistent with the capabilities
of such agencies and the public
interest. The procedures for investigations
and investigational proceedings
are set forth in 24 CFR part 3800.