Washington, D.C., December 3, 2014 – 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 growth continued during October 2014. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 6,505 homes in October 2014, a 7% increase over the 6,078 HUD Code homes produced during October 2013. Cumulative industry production for 2014 now totals 54,672 homes, a 6.4% increase over the 51,373 HUD Code homes produced through October 2013.                                                                                                       

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 2014  — with cumulative, monthly, current year-to-date (2014) and prior year-to-date (2013) shipment totals per category as indicated — are:

The latest information for October 2014 results in no changes to the cumulative top ten list.