, ▁manufact ured ▁home ▁par ks ▁are ▁govern ed ▁by ▁additional ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁apply ▁to ▁permanent ▁mod ular ▁homes . ▁Possible ▁develop ments ▁in ▁equivalence ▁between ▁mod ular ▁and ▁site - built ▁housing ▁types ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁real ▁estate ▁app rais als , ▁finan cing ▁and ▁z oning ▁may ▁increase ▁the ▁sales ▁of ▁mod ular ▁homes ▁over ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁Wales ▁( UK ), ▁a ▁business man ▁author ized ▁the ▁pla cement ▁of ▁ 6 ▁mini ▁mod ular ▁homes ▁called ▁“ P ods ” ▁for ▁hom eless ▁persons ▁on ▁private ▁property . ▁ ▁Building ▁strength ▁Mod ular ▁homes ▁are ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁stronger ▁than ▁traditional ▁homes ▁by , ▁for ▁example , ▁replacing ▁n ails ▁with ▁sc rew s , ▁adding ▁gl ue ▁to ▁joint s , ▁and ▁using ▁ 8 – 1 0 % ▁more ▁l umber ▁than ▁conventional ▁housing . ▁This ▁is ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁modules ▁maintain ▁their ▁struct ural ▁integrity ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁transport ed ▁on ▁tr uck s ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁site . ▁However , ▁there ▁are ▁few ▁studies ▁on ▁the ▁response ▁of ▁mod ular ▁buildings ▁to ▁transport ▁and ▁handling ▁str esses . ▁It ▁is ▁therefore ▁presently ▁difficult ▁to ▁predict ▁transport ▁induced ▁damage . ▁ ▁When ▁F EMA ▁studied ▁the ▁destruction ▁wr ought ▁by ▁H urr icane ▁Andrew ▁in ▁D ade ▁County ▁Florida , ▁they ▁concluded ▁that ▁mod ular ▁and ▁m ason ry ▁homes ▁f ared ▁best ▁compared ▁to ▁other ▁construction . ▁ ▁CE ▁mark ing ▁The ▁CE ▁mark ▁is ▁a ▁construction ▁norm ▁that ▁guarante