Where can manufactured homes be placed?
Manufactured homes can be placed on an eligible victim’s private property, if an individual has a large enough lot with access to the appropriate utility hookups. They can also be placed in an established mobile home park. A community park, built from the ground up as a result of Hurricane Ike, also is open in Bridge City, while two more parks are under construction, one in the city of Galveston and one in High Island on the upper Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County. Manufactured homes may also be placed on pre-existing commercial pads, private sites or, as a last resort, on a new group site approved by local officials and constructed and maintained by FEMA with state concurrence. Standards for acceptable water, sewer and electrical hook-ups must be followed. The pad site must also adhere to environmental guidelines and flood-plain regulations.
