Washington, D.C., December 4, 2017 – 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 October 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,636 homes in October 2017, a 20.7% increase over the 7,154 HUD Code homes produced during October 2016. Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 77,055 homes, a 14.9% increase over the 67,043 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 October 2017 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2017) and prior year (2016) shipments per category as indicated — are:

 

The latest information for October 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.