Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Long Lived Assets) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Apr. 23, 2011 Fleetwood Homes [Member] Palm Harbor Florida [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Buildings and improvements [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Buildings and improvements [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Machinery and Equipment [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Machinery and Equipment [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Factory Built Housing [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Factory Built Housing [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Factory Built Housing [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful lives					10 years	39 years	3 years	25 years
Assets held for sale									$ 4,200,000
Impairment charges on assets held for sale or held and used									0	0	0
Impairment losses on long-lived assets	0	0	327,000
Goodwill									67,300,000
Acquisition of intangible assets				$ 15,300,000