Changes have been underway recently to make mobile homes easily financeable and to extend the same legal protections to mobile home owners that are available to owners of site-built homes. 23 In early 2018, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac decided to make the market more active by purchasing 30,000 mobile home loans over the span of three years. 24 Additionally, pilot programs will be developed to buy chattel loans and support the financing of mobile home parks. 25 Although the impact of this program is unclear, Lesli Gooch, chief lobbyist for the Manufactured Housing Institute, claims the creation of a secondary market will allow standardization for financing and help decrease interest rates. 26