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Fleetwood Homes in Rocky Mount, Virginia, Provides Showcase Home for “Homes on the Hill” Advocacy Event in Washington, D.C.
Facility produces, transports and stages manufactured home on the National Mall to showcase its affordable housing solution and champion the dream of home
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[{"type":"text","content":"Facility produces, transports and stages manufactured home on the National Mall to showcase its affordable housing solution and champion the dream of home ownership\nROCKY MOUNT, Va., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fleetwood Homes, a brand of Cavco Industries, Inc. (“Cavco” or the “Company”), announced today that its Rocky Mount, Virginia, production facility has built, transported and staged one of the three manufactured homes appearing on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. this week in support of the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI’s) “Homes on the Hill” advocacy initiative. In collaboration with the Innovative Housing Showcase hosted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), “Homes on the Hill” is making an inspired return to the capital from Tuesday, June 7 to Sunday, June 12, and representatives from Fleetwood Homes and Cavco are there to support this important effort. After being sidelined by the pandemic since the 2019 inaugural event, MHI will once again showcase the compelling value of manufactured homes to policymakers, affordable housing influencers and supporters, the media and consumers. The Fleetwood showcase home is the Pegasus, Model 16702H, a two-bedroom, two-bath, 1,035 square foot model featuring a built-in porch. The home was built at the Fleetwood Homes manufacturing facility in Rocky Mount and transported the 260 miles northeast to the Capitol Hill location. Additionally, Bill Boor, CEO and President of Cavco Industries, Inc., is on hand to meet with key members of the Federal Government visiting the “Homes on the Hill” event to answer questions about the homes and encourage congressional leaders and others to vote to protect this vital source of affordable homes. Take a look at this video to see this home being constructed and beginning its journey to D.C. “Now more than ever, manufactured housing is THE affordable housing solution,” said Boor. “To further promote this message, at this year’s Innovative Housing Showcase supporting the MHI’s “Homes on the Hill” initiative in our nation’s capital, Cavco is extremely pleased to present one of the thousands of high-quality, yet truly affordable homes that we build each year.” Manufactured housing is the largest form of unsubsidized affordable housing in the country, and the only type of housing built to a federal construction a...