The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures released by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveal the production of manufactured homes in March 2014 rose 9.6 percent over the same period of 2013, from 4,467 homes to 4,899. Cumulative industry production for the year has increased 6.2 percent, now totaling 13,665 homes versus 12,860 for the same three-month period in 2013, as MHProNews.com has learned. The top ten shipment states since the industry rebound of August 2011 are the same as the previous month, with Texas totals at 29,835, nearly three times the number for Louisiana in second with 11,127, followed by Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, California, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. ##

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