[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., March 7, 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 January 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,636 homes in January 2018, a 10.3% increase over the 7,827 HUD Code homes produced during January 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 January 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(Jan.%202018),[align-center]2018,[align-center]2017|[align-center]Texas,69%2C756%20%20homes,[align-center]1%2C881,[align-center]1%2C881,[align-center]1%2C183|[align-center]Louisiana,28%2C038%20homes,[align-center]451,[align-center]451,[align-center]749|[align-center]Florida,28%2C038%20homes,[align-center]497,[align-center]947,[align-center]490|[align-center]Alabama,16%2C478homes,[align-center]787,[align-center]787,[align-center]1%2C026|[align-center]N.C,15%2C276%20homes,[align-center]375,[align-center]375,[align-center]326|[align-center]Mississippi,14%2C120%20homes,[align-center]351,[align-center]351,[align-center]269|[align-center]California,13%2C560%20homes,[align-center]345,[align-center]345,[align-center]242|[align-center]Kentucky,13%2C001homes,[align-center]302,[align-center]302,[align-center]279|[align-center]Michigan,12%2C350homes,[align-center]333,[align-center]333,[align-center]412|[align-center]Tennessee,10%2C841%20homes,[align-center]239,[align-center]239,[align-center]217[/vc_table][vc_column_text]The latest information for January 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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