A legal debate is brewing in a Mississippi court regarding the distinction between a modular home and a manufactured home as it pertains to a restrictive covenant in a subdivision. In a case going back to 2006, developers Hudson Holliday and Darrin Harris filed a complaint to have home owners Betty and Earl Nelson remove their modular home because it violated the covenant that prohibits manufactured housing. The Nelsons maintain it is a modular home, which does not violate the covenant, and have a letter from Hudson Holliday stating a modular home is acceptable. After both parties filed for summary judgment, the court ruled in favor of Holliday and Harris. Leagle tells MHProNews.com the Nelsons are appealing that ruling.

(Photo credit: Mississippi Manufactured Housing Association)