Maybe lowering the cost of construction by setting the quality bar lower is one of the factors behind the higher rate of home ownership in the US? (I have rela

Maybe lowering the cost of construction by setting the quality bar lower is one of the factors behind the higher rate of home ownership in the US? (I have relatives who, last I heard, live in trailers, err, manufactured homes, which I believe are pretty much unheard of as dwellings in northern Europe.)