[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., January 5, 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 grew once again during November 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,602 homes in November 2017, a 21.1% increase over the 7,098 HUD Code homes produced during November 2016. Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 85,657 homes, a 15.5% increase over the 74,141 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 November 2017 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2017) and prior year (2016) 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.%202017),[align-center]2017%20%20%20,[align-center]2016|[align-center]Texas,82%2C427%20homes,[align-center]2%2C053,[align-center]15%2C735,[align-center]11%2C875|[align-center]Louisiana,32%2C204%20homes,[align-center]515,[align-center]5%2C366,[align-center]5%2C874|[align-center]Florida,26%2C287%20homes,[align-center]487,[align-center]5%2C468,[align-center]5%2C505|[align-center]Alabama,20%2C100%20%20homes,[align-center]741,[align-center]5%2C435,[align-center]3%2C359|[align-center]N.C,18%2C130%20homes,[align-center]271,[align-center]3%2C555,[align-center]3%2C060|[align-center]Mississippi,16%2C895%20%20homes,[align-center]349,[align-center]3%2C395,[align-center]2%2C944|[align-center]California,16%2C358%20homes,[align-center]288,[align-center]3%2C385,[align-center]2%2C904|[align-center]Kentucky,15%2C038%20%20homes,[align-center]215,[align-center]2%2C618,[align-center]2%2C517|[align-center]Michigan,16%2C017%20%20homes,[align-center]373,[align-center]4%2C412,[align-center]3%2C508|[align-center]Tennessee,12%2C809%20%20homes,[align-center]234,[align-center]2%2C424,[align-center]2%2C141[/vc_table][vc_column_text]The latest information for November 2017 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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