[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 3, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production grew again in March 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,830 homes in March 2018, a 7% increase over the 8,245 HUD Code homes produced during March 2017. Cumulative industry production for 2018 now totals 25,531 homes, a 9.1% increase over the 23,384 HUD Code homes produced over the same period in 2017.
A further analysis of the official industry statistics shows that the top ten shipment states from the beginning of the industry production rebound in August 2011 through March 2018 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2018) and prior year (2017) shipments per category as indicated — are:[/vc_column_text][vc_table vc_table_theme=”classic”][align-center]State,Cumulative,[align-center]Current%20Month%20(Mar..%202018),[align-center]2018,[align-center]2017|[align-center]Texas,73%2C185%20homes,[align-center]1%2C746,[align-center]5%2C310,[align-center]3%2C842|[align-center]Louisiana,28%2C957%20homes,[align-center]420,[align-center]1%2C370,[align-center]1%2C780|[align-center]Florida,23%2C028homes,[align-center]624,[align-center]1%2C680,[align-center]1%2C780|[align-center]Alabama,17%2C434%20homes,[align-center]410,[align-center]1%2C743,[align-center]2%2C130|[align-center]N.C,16%2C084%20homes,[align-center]437,[align-center]1%2C183,[align-center]995|[align-center]Mississippi,14%2C826%20homes,[align-center]410,[align-center]1%2C057,[align-center]884|[align-center]California,14%2C252homes,[align-center]354,[align-center]1%2C037,[align-center]867|[align-center]Kentucky,13%2C448%20homes,[align-center]223,[align-center]749,[align-center]666|[align-center]Michigan,12%2C992homes,[align-center]312,[align-center]975,[align-center]1%2C261|[align-center]Tennessee,11%2C391homes,[align-center]293,[align-center]789,[align-center]641[/vc_table][vc_column_text]
The latest information for March 2018 results in no changes to the cumulative top ten list.
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing the views and interests of independent producers of federally-regulated manufactured housing.
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