I'm not a fan of monopolies or megacorps, and I am in favor of safety regulations... but a huge part of me is sad that you can no longer mail order a house through Sears for a couple grand and just... assemble it yourself.
I grew up in such a house, built in ~1950, from a Sears kit. Two floors, four bedrooms, two baths.
Electrical was also done by the owner and was absolutely not up to code but that eventually got fixed. Was a decent house. Arguably much sturdier than some of the shit built in the 80s.
