Washington, D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: MHARR
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INDUSTRY PRODUCTION DECLINE CONTINUES IN MARCH 2026
Washington, D.C., May 4, 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 March 2026. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,735 new homes in March 2026, a 2.3% decrease from the 8,942 new HUD Code homes produced in March 2025. Cumulative industry production for 2026 now totals 23,841 new HUD Code homes, as compared with 26,188 over the same period in 2025, a year-over-year decline of 8.9%.
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 (Mar. 2026) | Cumulative | 2026 | 2025 |
| 1 | Texas | 1585 | 55132 | 4238 | 4545 |
| 2 | Florida | 593 | 23292 | 1714 | 1644 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 513 | 19670 | 1479 | 1596 |
| 4 | Alabama | 503 | 17770 | 1216 | 1416 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 505 | 16014 | 1308 | 1400 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 310 | 14750 | 911 | 1281 |
| 7 | Georgia | 436 | 14566 | 1283 | 1271 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 397 | 11957 | 1045 | 947 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 352 | 11932 | 1033 | 1118 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 349 | 11807 | 939 | 1044 |
The March 2026 statistics move Kentucky into 8th place on the cumulative top-ten shipments list, while Mississippi and Tennessee fall to 9th and 10th place respectively.
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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