Tennessee Manufactured Home Parity — HUD-Code MH Anti-Exclusion (TN)
Tracked preemption from the Tennessee overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1988-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:TN
Other Tennessee preemptions
Tennessee State Building Code — 2021 I-Codes via State Fire Marshal SBCOTennessee Voluntary Attainable Housing Incentive Programs — IZ Ban Carve-OutTennessee Short Term Rental Unit Act — Statewide STR GrandfatheringTennessee §6-54-127 — Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning & Rent Control BanTennessee Heritage Protection Act — Memorials on Public PropertyTennessee Agricultural District and Farmland Preservation ActTennessee Industrial Development Board TIF — Economic Impact Plan DistrictsTennessee NPDES Stormwater & Riparian Buffer — Construction & MS4 Permits
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
project.use_type == manufactured_home_hud_codePreempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction.manufactured_home_outright_exclusion | waive | — | Cities cannot exclude HUD-code manufactured homes from any residential district where SFDs are permitted, absent a content-neutral compatibility regime |
base_districts[*].manufactured_home_compatibility_standards | cap_at | site_built_standards_same_district | Appearance/foundation/roof-pitch/siding/skirting/orientation standards must be facially and functionally equivalent to those imposed on site-built SFDs in the same district (2025 amendment tightened 'substantially similar' to 'facially and functionally equivalent') |
Citation
Authority source
Tenn. Code Ann. §13-24-211 (with §§13-24-209, 13-24-210); 2025 Public Chapter amending §13-24-211
§ §13-24-211
Research notes
Federal HUD Code (24 CFR Part 3280) preempts state/local construction standards for manufactured homes — federal conflict check applies. Pre-HUD-code 'mobile homes' (built before 1976) are NOT protected and may be banned outright. Modular homes built to state residential code are generally treated as site-built. 2025 amendment substantively raised the parity bar.