[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., June 4, 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 again in April 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,262 homes in April 2018, a 15.0% increase over the 7,184 HUD Code homes produced during April 2017. Cumulative industry production for 2018 now totals 33,646 homes, a 10.0% increase over the 30,568 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 April 2018 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2018) and prior year (2017) shipments per category as indicated — are:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row vc_table_theme=”classic” allow_html=””][vc_column][vc_table vc_table_theme=”classic”][align-center]State,Cumulative,[align-center]Current%20Month%20(Apr..%202018),[align-center]2018,[align-center]2017|[align-center]Texas,74%2C806%20%20homes,[align-center]1%2C621,[align-center]6%2C931,[align-center]5%2C045|[align-center]Louisiana,29%2C386%20homes,[align-center]429,[align-center]1%2C799,[align-center]2%2C227|[align-center]Florida,23%2C588%20homes,[align-center]560,[align-center]2%2C240,[align-center]1%2C999|[align-center]Alabama,17%2C795%20homes,[align-center]361,[align-center]2%2C104,[align-center]2%2C552|[align-center]N.C,16%2C518%20homes,[align-center]343,[align-center]1%2C617,[align-center]1%2C306|[align-center]Mississippi,15%2C146%20homes,[align-center]320,[align-center]1%2C377,[align-center]1%2C193|[align-center]California,14%2C568%20%20homes,[align-center]316,[align-center]1%2C353,[align-center]1%2C187|[align-center]Kentucky,13%2C668%20%20homes,[align-center]220,[align-center]969,[align-center]894|[align-center]Michigan,13%2C398%20homes,[align-center]406,[align-center]1%2C381,[align-center]1%2C651|[align-center]Tennessee,11%2C662%20homes,[align-center]271,[align-center]1%2C060,[align-center]859[/vc_table][vc_column_text]
The latest information for April 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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