TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 3, 2026--
Champion Homes, Inc. (“Champion Homes”) continues to show its commitment to increasing the supply of attainable housing with the grand opening of Blythe Village, an affordable, offsite-built community in Fresno, Calif.
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Built in collaboration with developer Ted Moon, the 67-unit, multi-family development is a marquee example of Champion’s forward-thinking approach to increasing the availability of affordable homes by leveraging the unique advantages of offsite construction. This build-to-rent project leveraged the speed and cost efficiencies of manufactured homes, offering a national blueprint for quickly addressing housing shortages with offsite construction.
“The ability to use manufactured housing for scale and speed-to-market has a real impact,” said Champion Homes Director of Business Development Chuck Bleth. “We’re proud of our team’s dedication to accelerating this project in terms of both product development and production capability.”
A ribbon cutting ceremony for Blythe Village was held on Feb. 2. The distinguished speakers included the City of Fresno Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, City of Fresno Councilmember Annalisa Perea, Champion Homes Executive Vice President Wade Lyall and developer Ted Moon.
The goal of the project is to increase affordable housing in the City of Fresno as a part of Mayor Dyer’s One Fresno Housing Strategy addressing the community’s housing crisis.
"I am so proud of the Blythe Village project and all it represents as part of my Administration's efforts to address our city's housing crisis,” said Mayor Dyer. “This project is yet another example of the creative, out-of-the-box thinking necessary to provide housing solutions that are responsive to our community's needs, fulfilling the One Fresno vision of making Fresno the inclusive, prosperous, beautiful city where people take pride in their neighborhoods and community."
Modern manufactured homes are a high-quality, attainable housing solution built on faster timelines than site-built homes, so affordable housing can be built at a quicker pace, and families can move in faster.
“To solve the affordable housing crisis, we must prioritize speed and scale,” said Moon. “Through our collaboration with the City of Fresno and Champion Homes, Blythe Village proves we can rapidly deliver the high-quality, three-bedroom homes the market has lacked at a pace that we could only achieve with offsite construction.”
Built to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development code, or HUD code, the homes were constructed in an efficient factory setting, then transported to the final site for setting and finishing. The homes are ready for move-in and leasing has begun in the community.
Each three-bedroom, two-bathroom home offers a pathway to attainable housing for families who need more space than a standard apartment. Ranging from 933 to 1,120 square feet, the homes showcase Champion’s state-of-the-art construction techniques.
As Champion Homes continues to evolve and deepen its commitment to building homes that address affordable housing shortages, Blythe Village is the first time the company has done a build-to-rent project with manufactured homes at this scale in Fresno, demonstrating Champion’s innovative approach to quickly scaling up the supply of affordable housing.
“Showcasing quality, speed and affordability, Blythe Village is a premier example of how manufactured housing can be a key solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis,” said Bleth.
About Champion Homes, Inc.
Champion Homes, Inc. is a leading producer of factory-built housing in North America and employs more than 9,000 people. With more than 70 years of homebuilding experience and 46 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well positioned with an innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADUs, park-models and modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family and hospitality sectors.
In addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides construction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a factory-direct retail business with 83 retail locations across the United States and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to the manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations across the United States.
Manufactured and Modular Homes
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On Feb., 2, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the grand opening of Blythe Village, a new affordable housing development in Fresno, Calif. Pictured are Champion Homes Director of Business Development Chuck Bleth, Developer Ted Moon, City of Fresno Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, Blythe Village resident Rose Beasley and City of Fresno Councilmember Annalisa Perea. Photo by WindowStill.
