Opinion No. (1979)

REQUESTED BY: Henry D. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Health, Department of Health, Lincoln, Nebraska. Do the provisions of the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Manufactured Housing Units Act, sections 71-1555 to 71-1567, R.R.S. 1943, apply solely to modular housing units that are one and two family dwellings or do they also apply to multifamily modular housing units such as six plexes, eight plexes, apartments and hotels.

The standards apply not only to one and two family houses in which people live but also to multi-family housing units in which people live.

According to section 71-1559,…