[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., April 4, 2017 – 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 increased substantially again during February 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,312 homes in February 2017, a 19.3% increase over the 6,129 HUD Code homes produced during February 2016. Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 15,139 homes, a 26.2% increase over the 11,991 HUD Code homes produced over the same period in 2016.
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 February 2017 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2017) and prior year (2016) shipments per category as indicated — are:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_table vc_table_theme=”classic”][align-center]State,Cumulative,[align-center]Current%20Month%20(Feb.%202017),[align-center]2017%20%20%20,[align-center]2016|[align-center]Texas,69%2C088%20homes,[align-center]1%2C213,[align-center]2%2C396,[align-center]2%2C197|[align-center]Louisiana,28%2C099%20homes,[align-center]512,[align-center]1%2C261,[align-center]613|[align-center]Florida,21%2C805%20homes,[align-center]457,[align-center]947,[align-center]901|[align-center]Alabama,16%2C285%20homes,[align-center]594,[align-center]1%2C620,[align-center]524|[align-center]N.C,15%2C200%20homes,[align-center]299,[align-center]625,[align-center]563|[align-center]Mississippi,14%2C049%20homes,[align-center]280,[align-center]549,[align-center]431|[align-center]California,13%2C489%20homes,[align-center]274,[align-center]516,[align-center]497|[align-center]Kentucky,12%2C884%20homes,[align-center]185,[align-center]464,[align-center]524|[align-center]Michigan,12%2C486%20homes,[align-center]469,[align-center]881,[align-center]501|[align-center]Tennessee,10%2C802%20homes,[align-center]200,[align-center]417,[align-center]407[/vc_table][/vc_column][/vc_row]
