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[[File:Mobile home with garage.jpg|thumb|Mobile homes with detached single car [[Garage (residential)|garages]]]]
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A '''mobile home''' (also known as a '''house trailer''', '''park home''', '''trailer''', or '''trailer home''') is a [[prefabrication|prefabricated]] structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent [[home]]s, or for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are often left permanently or semi-permanently in one place, but can be moved, and may be required to move from time to time for legal reasons.

Mobile [[home]]s share the same historic origins as [[travel trailers]], but today the two are very different, with travel trailers being used primarily as temporary or vacation homes. Behind the cosmetic work fitted at installation to hide the base, mobile homes have strong trailer frames, axles, wheels, and tow-hitches.