[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., August 6, 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 growth was sustained in June 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,258 homes in June 2018, a 1.3% increase over the 8,152 HUD Code homes produced during June 2017. Cumulative industry production for 2018 now totals 50,897 homes, a 9.4% increase over the 46,502 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 June 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(Feb.%202018),[align-center]2018,[align-center]2017|[align-center]Texas,77%2C950%20homes,[align-center]1%2C565,[align-center]10%2C075,[align-center]7%2C911|[align-center]Louisiana,30%2C195%20%20homes,[align-center]389,[align-center]2%2C608,[align-center]3%2C214|[align-center]Florida,24%2C896%20homes,[align-center]648,[align-center]3%2C548,[align-center]3%2C043|[align-center]Alabama,18%2C585%20homes,[align-center]342,[align-center]2%2C894,[align-center]3%2C295|[align-center]N.C,17%2C323%20homes,[align-center]404,[align-center]2%2C422,[align-center]2%2C022|[align-center]Mississippi,15%2C794%20homes,[align-center]321,[align-center]2%2C025,[align-center]1%2C847|[align-center]California,15%2C242%20homes,[align-center]326,[align-center]2%2C027,[align-center]1%2C839|[align-center]Kentucky,14%2C115%20homes,[align-center]210,[align-center]1%2C416,[align-center]1%2C722|[align-center]Michigan,14%2C003%20homes,[align-center]284,[align-center]1%2C986,[align-center]2%2C460|[align-center]Tennessee,12%2C127%20homes,[align-center]232,[align-center]1%2C525,[align-center]1%2C287[/vc_table][vc_column_text]
The latest information for June 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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