Kansas Tiny-Home Classification Under Manufactured Housing Act

Kansas defines factory-built dwellings statewide in K.S.A. 58-4202. A manufactured home is transportable, built on a permanent chassis to the federal HUD code, and, when erected on site, 320 or more square feet. A modular home is built on a permanent foundation and certified by its manufacturer as constructed to a nationally recognized building code; modular homes fall outside most of the act. Self-propelled recreational vehicles are expressly excluded, so a tiny home titled as an RV is not a dwelling under this statute. Manufactured-home installers must hold a license under the act, administered through the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation program; an owner installing on land for their own occupancy is exempt from licensing but forfeits the act's remedies. Where a tiny home may be placed is set by local zoning and building codes, not by state statute.

An owner who installs a manufactured home on their own property may skip the installer license, but none of the rights, remedies or causes of action under K.S.A. 58-4217 through 58-4223 are then available to that person. RV-titled units are not dwellings.