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Wheel Estate: The Rise and Decline of Mobile Homes
Wallis, an assistant professor of environmental design, views mobile homes as a unique and innovative response to market needs unmet by conventional housing, offering affordable, convenient, and flexible alternatives for lower-income groups.
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Category: Mobile Homes
Title: Wheel Estate: The Rise and Decline of Mobile Homes
PURCHASE INFO: http://www.buildpro.org/buy-0801856418.htm
Released Date: June 1, 1997
Cost: $20.95
List: $20.95
Pages: 283 pages
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 0801856418
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition
Author: Allan D. Wallis
Keywords: mobile homes, conventional housing
Description / Comment: Wallis, an assistant professor of environmental design, views mobile homes as a
unique and innovative response to market needs unmet by conventional housing,
offering affordable, convenient, and flexible alternatives for lower-income
groups. He also provides an excellent historical development of the industry
from travel trailers to permanent housing, as well as the social and regulatory
forces accompanying that growth. Though currently comprising about ten percent
of all domestic dwellings, the industry is in decline, perhaps a victim of its
own success, and Wallis sees that as a loss of a significant and much-needed
niche in the housing market. Thoroughly researched and documented, this is an
important addition to the scant literature about the industry.
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