Washington, D.C., April 5, 2021 – 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), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production declined again in February 2021. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,995 homes in February 2021, a 2.9% decline from the 8,240 new HUD Code homes produced during February 2020. Cumulative production for 2021 now totals 16,471 homes, a 2.9% decline from the 16,973 homes produced over the same period in 2020.
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 February 2021 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2021) and prior year (2020) shipments per category as indicated — are