While manufactured housing production has nudged up marginally in June, the data reveals that it has slowed significantly from earlier this year.
The state-by-state breakdown of production is found in the chart below, based upon data collected for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by IBTS.
A more detailed report will be published early next week with additional shipments and production information. Last May’s report for the same data above is linked below.
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Report, May 2018, State-by-State Total
Is this yet another warning sign that all isn’t quite as rosy as the national association in Arlington – or their cheer leaders – want to project? Recall the previously raised data-driven warning flag in the Daily Business News report below.
MHVillage Confirms Data, and Michigan Operational Slide Revealed
Given the clear superiority that third-party data proves that manufactured housing has in America over conventional builders, plus the growing affordable housing crisis, what explains this signs of potential problems?
Several industry voices – which includes Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) members, and those in state associations too – are telling MHProNews that Arlington, VA based MHI’s failure to routinely address errors in mainstream media reports is part of the problem.
While there are reports about staff shakeups there, given their overall growing staff, why can’t they do the common-sense thing that the former MHI Chairman said to MHProNews?
Or are they still trying to keep production low, so that there is more consolidation?
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