[vc_row][vc_column][td_block_trending_now][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., September 10, 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 growth continued in July 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 6,781 homes in July 2018, a 16.8% increase over the 5,803 HUD Code homes produced during July 2017. Cumulative industry production for 2018 now totals 57,531 homes, a 10% increase over the 52,305 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 July 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(Feb.%202018),[align-center]2018,[align-center]2017|[align-center]Texas,79%2C216%20homes,[align-center]1%2C266,[align-center]11%2C341,[align-center]8%2C897|[align-center]Louisiana,30%2C535%20homes,[align-center]340,[align-center]2%2C948,[align-center]3%2C509|[align-center]Florida,25%2C429%20homes,[align-center]533,[align-center]4%2C081,[align-center]3%2C404|[align-center]Alabama,18%2C869%20homes,[align-center]284,[align-center]3%2C178,[align-center]3%2C515|[align-center]N.C,17%2C611%20%20homes,[align-center]288,[align-center]2%2C710,[align-center]2%2C283|[align-center]Mississippi,16%2C022%20homes,[align-center]228,[align-center]2%2C253,[align-center]2%2C073|[align-center]California,15%2C511%20homes,[align-center]269,[align-center]2%2C296,[align-center]2%2C112|[align-center]Kentucky,14%2C355%20homes,[align-center]240,[align-center]1%2C656,[align-center]1%2C909|[align-center]Michigan,14%2C293%20homes,[align-center]290,[align-center]2%2C276,[align-center]2%2C790|[align-center]Tennessee,12%2C322%20homes,[align-center]195,[align-center]1%2C720,[align-center]1%2C490[/vc_table][vc_column_text]
The latest information for July 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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