Washington, D.C., December 3, 2015 – 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), manufactured housing industry production rose again in October 2015. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 6,846 homes in October 2015, a 5.2% increase over the 6,505 HUD Code homes produced during October 2014. Cumulative industry production for 2015 now totals 58,907 homes, a 7.7% increase over the 54,672 HUD Code homes produced over the same period in 2014.
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 October 2015 — with cumulative, monthly, current year-to-date (2015) and prior year-to-date (2014) shipments per category as indicated — are:
The latest information for October 2015 moves California into 7th place on the cumulative top ten list, while Kentucky falls into 8th place nationally.
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.
