Exhibit 23.1
    

   
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
    


   
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
November 2, 1998, except as to the information presented in the first paragraph
of Note 17 for which the date is November 25, 1998, appearing on page 35 of
Oakwood Homes Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders which is incorporated
by reference in Oakwood Homes Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended September 30, 1998. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


Greensboro, North Carolina
January 13, 1999