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INDUSTRY PRODUCTION FALLS SLIGHTLY IN APRIL 2026

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2026 – 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), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production continued to decline in April 2026. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 9,207 new homes in April 2026, a 2.6% decrease from the 9,454 new HUD Code homes produced in April 2025. Cumulative industry production for 2026 now totals 33,048 new HUD Code homes, as compared with 35,642 over the same period in 2025, a year-over-year decline of 7.2%.
A further analysis of the official industry statistics shows that the top ten shipment states from January 2023 — with monthly, cumulative, current reporting year (2026) and prior year (2025) shipments per category as indicated — are:
| Rank | State | Current Month (April 2026) | Cumulative Top Ten Since Jan 2023 | 2026 | 2025 |
| 1 | Texas | 1594 | 56726 | 5328 | 6195 |
| 2 | Florida | 594 | 23886 | 2308 | 2255 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 541 | 20211 | 2020 | 2207 |
| 4 | Alabama | 618 | 18388 | 1834 | 1893 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 460 | 16474 | 1768 | 1878 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 354 | 15104 | 1265 | 1745 |
| 7 | Georgia | 433 | 14999 | 1716 | 1701 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 419 | 12351 | 1452 | 1518 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 326 | 12283 | 1371 | 1262 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 354 | 12161 | 1293 | 1369 |
The April 2026 statistics move Mississippi into 8th place on the cumulative top-ten shipments list, while Kentucky falls to 9th place.
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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