Exhibit 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in these Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-01023, 33-50416 and 333-52569) of our report
dated November 13, 2001 relating to the financial statements, which appears in
the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders of Oakwood Homes Corporation, which
appears in Oakwood Homes Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended September 30, 2001.


/s/ Pricewaterhouse Coopeers LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina
February 1, 2002