EXHIBIT 23.5

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated December 22, 1993, included in Oakwood
Homes Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1995.


William O. Pifer, C.P.A., P.C.
Moultrie, Georgia
February 13, 1996