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> (One statistic you sometimes see is that at one point mobile homes made up 60% of total new houses - this is incorrect. At one point mobile home units were ar

> (One statistic you sometimes see is that at one point mobile homes made up 60% of total new houses - this is incorrect. At one point mobile home units were around 50% of the number of single family homes built.) I understand this is just a footnote in the article, but could somebody explain me what the distinction is that the author is making here? I especially don't understand the italicized "number".

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ealexhudson 4y ago
I read it as statement about mobile units being half compared to built units - so a third of the total? But it's incredibly ambiguous what they mean, I agree - number vs total is a weird bit to focus on if the problem is just an apples/oranges comparison.
giantrobot 4y ago
I think the emphasis was just too short. I think they're saying manufactured homes were 50% of Single Family Homes. Of all housing constructed some is Single Family Homes, a free standing detached residential building. This is distinct from attached residential housing like duplexes, condos, and apartments. If you build 50 duplexes and 50 SFHs you've got 150 residences. If 50% of the SFHs are manufactured homes then you've got 25 manufactured homes out of 150. If the article is correct there's erroneous claims that manufactured homes are 60% of new "houses" which with my made up numbers would mean there's 90 manufactured homes out of our 150.
- chrisgarand 4y ago
  This is accurate. Here's an example of multi vs single family construction stats: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220509/dq220509a-eng.pdf?st=klKNARvM https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220509/dq... From the values of each, you can tell that multi-family units are a larger portion of residential construction. How much larger would require more research as on a per unit basis, multi-family units are cheaper per family than a single-family unit. Essentially, manufactured home in this case, even if they were 50% of single-family home construction, would be less than 25% of total family units constructed (single-family units + (singe units being construction in multi-family buildings).

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ealexhudson 4y ago

I read it as statement about mobile units being half compared to built units - so a third of the total? But it's incredibly ambiguous what they mean, I agree - number vs total is a weird bit to focus on if the problem is just an apples/oranges comparison.

giantrobot 4y ago

I think the emphasis was just too short. I think they're saying manufactured homes were 50% of Single Family Homes. Of all housing constructed some is Single Family Homes, a free standing detached residential building. This is distinct from attached residential housing like duplexes, condos, and apartments. If you build 50 duplexes and 50 SFHs you've got 150 residences. If 50% of the SFHs are manufactured homes then you've got 25 manufactured homes out of 150. If the article is correct there's erroneous claims that manufactured homes are 60% of new "houses" which with my made up numbers would mean there's 90 manufactured homes out of our 150.

chrisgarand 4y ago
This is accurate. Here's an example of multi vs single family construction stats: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220509/dq220509a-eng.pdf?st=klKNARvM https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220509/dq... From the values of each, you can tell that multi-family units are a larger portion of residential construction. How much larger would require more research as on a per unit basis, multi-family units are cheaper per family than a single-family unit. Essentially, manufactured home in this case, even if they were 50% of single-family home construction, would be less than 25% of total family units constructed (single-family units + (singe units being construction in multi-family buildings).