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The factory-built housing idea isn’t new. Sears Roebuck offered a prefabricatedmodern home in their spring 1908 general catalog, which was shipped by train.Sears sold around 100,000 of these Modular Homes from 1908 to 1939. The use of productionline techniques really kicked into high gear after World War II and made a sizable contribution to reducing the housing shortage at that time. Today, even conventional stick-built homes are using an increasing amount of factoryassembled components. Roof and floor trusses, pre-hung doors and windows, modular cabinets and fiberglass bath and shower units are standard prefab items. Today, the Factory Built housing industry is alive and well with many homes being built every day!