[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., April 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 increased again during February 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,065 homes in February 2018, a 10.2% increase over the 7,312 HUD Code homes produced during February 2017. Cumulative industry production for 2018 now totals 16,701 homes, a 10.3% increase over the 15,139 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 February 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,71%2C439%20homes,[align-center]1%2C683,[align-center]3%2C564,[align-center]2%2C396|[align-center]Louisiana,28%2C537%20homes,[align-center]499,[align-center]950,[align-center]1%2C261|[align-center]Florida,22%2C404%20homes,[align-center]559,[align-center]1%2C056,[align-center]947|[align-center]Alabama,17%2C024%20homes,[align-center]546,[align-center]1%2C333,[align-center]1%2C620|[align-center]N.C,15%2C647%20homes,[align-center]371,[align-center]746,[align-center]625|[align-center]Mississippi,14%2C416%20homes,[align-center]296,[align-center]647,[align-center]549|[align-center]California,13%2C898%20homes,[align-center]338,[align-center]683,[align-center]516|[align-center]Kentucky,13%2C225%20homes,[align-center]224,[align-center]526,[align-center]464|[align-center]Michigan,12%2C680%20homes,[align-center]330,[align-center]663,[align-center]881|[align-center]Tennessee,11%2C098%20homes,[align-center]257,[align-center]496,[align-center]417[/vc_table][vc_column_text]The latest information for February 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
