It is no surprise that there are more manufactured homes built in the United States than there are in Canada or Australia, because both of those other nations have smaller populations. It is also no surprise that manufactured housing is poised to cross the 100,000 annual new HUD Code manufactured home production level for the first time in over a decade.  But there is an odd lack of such facts in most of the other would-be rival manufactured housing trade media, other than MHProNews and/or our MHLivingNews sister site. What may be found among our smaller trade media rivals (there is no evidence of a larger professional manufactured-home focused publisher(s) than MHProNews) are cheer leading to the effect of how much manufactured housing has grown since the industry crashed to a 50+ year low in 2009 and 2010. While that climb from the bottom hit in 2009-2010 is true enough, the consistent lack of context that frames the troubling causes and prudent cures that are stunningly not properly implemented by self-described industry leaders at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) speaks loudly. Thus, the need to keep the facts, evidence, and common-sense analysis coming until MHI lives up to its own talk and/or pivots, is held to account by public officials and others for apparent failure to perform.

The graphic below is from the December 3, 2021 report on October 2021 production and the top-ten cumulative shipment states, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR).

The 50-state data below is followed by a recap of the year-to-date and percentage of growth data from MHARR. More facts linked and provided insights, plus commonsense, evidence-based analysis will follow.

Institute for Building Technology & Safety‎ (IBTS)

HUD Code Manufactured Home

Shipments and Production Summary Report
10/01/2021 – 10/31/2021

 

	Shipments	Single Section		Multi Sectional		Total Singles & Multi		Total Floors by State/Area
	State	SW		MW		Total		Floors
	Dest. Pending	3		4		7		11
	Alabama	214		250		464		715
	Alaska	0		0		0		0
	Arizona	49		164		213		381
	Arkansas	106		104		210		313
	California	56		237		293		545
	Colorado	58		52		110		162
	Connecticut	3		5		8		13
	Delaware	8		24		32		56
	District of Columbia	0		0		0		0
	Florida	215		481		696		1,190
	Georgia	133		256		389		645
	Hawaii	0		1		1		2
	Idaho	12		43		55		99
	Illinois	71		41		112		153
	Indiana	93		54		147		201
	Iowa	38		19		57		76
	Kansas	52		8		60		68
	Kentucky	124		229		353		582
	Louisiana	228		208		436		649
	Maine	45		46		91		136
	Maryland	4		6		10		16
	Massachusetts	14		12		26		38
	Michigan	200		122		322		443
	Minnesota	33		40		73		113
	Mississippi	236		194		430		624
	Missouri	80		79		159		238
	Montana	7		24		31		56
	Nebraska	41		6		47		54
	Nevada	17		35		52		90
	New Hampshire	11		18		29		47
	New Jersey	15		20		35		55
	New Mexico	46		77		123		202
	New York	44		81		125		206
	North Carolina	220		283		503		786
	North Dakota	11		15		26		41
	Ohio	93		74		167		241
	Oklahoma	130		107		237		346
	Oregon	17		108		125		241
	Pennsylvania	72		66		138		204
	Rhode Island	2		1		3		4
	South Carolina	168		237		405		645
	South Dakota	7		12		19		31
	Tennessee	102		272		374		646
	Texas	703		868		1,571		2,449
	Utah	4		20		24		45
	Vermont	7		8		15		23
	Virginia	47		61		108		169
	Washington	8		104		112		223
	West Virginia	44		72		116		188
	Wisconsin	41		46		87		133
	Wyoming	17		11		28		39
	Canada	0		0		0		0
	Puerto Rico	0		0		0		0
	U.S. Total	3,949		5,305		9,254		14,633
	THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED AS A MONTHLY
	SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. REPRODUCTION IN PART OR
	IN TOTAL MUST CARRY AN ATTRIBUTION TO IBTS, INC.
Production
State			SW		MW		Total		Floors
States Shown(*)			347		388		735		1,125
Alabama			660		809		1,469		2,285
*Alaska			0		0		0		0
Arizona			53		180		233		420
*Arkansas			0		0		0		0
California			54		219		273		503
*Colorado			0		0		0		0
*Connecticut			0		0		0		0
*Delaware			0		0		0		0
*District of Columbia			0		0		0		0
Florida			44		262		306		574
Georgia			268		448		716		1,170
*Hawaii			0		0		0		0
Idaho			25		96		121		231
*Illinois			0		0		0		0
Indiana			519		274		793		1,066
*Iowa			0		0		0		0
*Kansas			0		0		0		0
*Kentucky			0		0		0		0
*Louisiana			0		0		0		0
*Maine			0		0		0		0
*Maryland			0		0		0		0
*Massachusetts			0		0		0		0
*Michigan			0		0		0		0
Minnesota			42		62		104		166
*Mississippi			0		0		0		0
*Missouri			0		0		0		0
*Montana			0		0		0		0
*Nebraska			0		0		0		0
*Nevada			0		0		0		0
*New Hampshire			0		0		0		0
*New Jersey			0		0		0		0
*New Mexico			0		0		0		0
*New York			0		0		0		0
North Carolina			152		279		431		713
*North Dakota			0		0		0		0
*Ohio			0		0		0		0
*Oklahoma			0		0		0		0
Oregon			24		207		231		447
Pennsylvania			190		279		469		748
*Rhode Island			0		0		0		0
*South Carolina			0		0		0		0
*South Dakota			0		0		0		0
Tennessee			560		775		1,335		2,111
Texas			1,011		1,027		2,038		3,074
*Utah			0		0		0		0
*Vermont			0		0		0		0
*Virginia			0		0		0		0
*Washington			0		0		0		0
*West Virginia			0		0		0		0
*Wisconsin			0		0		0		0
*Wyoming			0		0		0		0
*Canada			0		0		0		0
*Puerto Rico			0		0		0		0
U.S. Total			3,949		5,305		9,254		14,633
(*) THESE STATES HAVE FEWER THAN THREE PLANTS.
FIGURES ARE AGGREGATED ON FIRST LINE ABOVE
TOTALS TO PROTECT PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.    Ashok K Goswami, PE, COO, 45207 Research Place,  Ashburn, VA

 

Washington, D.C., December 3, 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 increased once again in October 2021. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 9,254 homes in October 2021, a 2.4% increase over the 9,035 new HUD Code homes produced during October 2020. Cumulative production for 2021 now totals 88,689 homes, a 12.6% increase over the 78,761 homes produced over the same period in 2020. … ## The MHARR report is linked here.

 

Additional Information, More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary

The report for September 2021 linked below contains third-party housing information that sets manufactured housing’s status quo into a broader context.

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“My successor will need one other particular strength: the ability to fight off the ABCs of business decay, which are arrogance, bureaucracy and complacency. When these corporate cancers metastasize, even the strongest of companies can falter.” – Warren Buffett.

Arrogance. Bureaucracy. Complacency. The ABCs of ‘corporate cancers,’ per Buffett. You don’t have to be a fan, or even trust the apparently wily, paltering Buffett to realize that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) leaders simply can’t be as incompetent, bureaucratic, and arrogant as the appear to be.  A quick review of recent reports will make the point.

• A) When it comes to promoting the industry, MHI routinely fails to spotlight useful or good information, and/or fails to respond to or clarify problematic info. Who said? Prominent MHI member Frank Rolfe.

• B) The evidence-based case can be made that MHI, dominated by a board that is made up of several consolidators, has been steadily thwarting good laws and failing to stop (or actively supporting behind the scenes) bad laws that have and would limit HUD Code manufactured housing. As these are serious concerns, they merit serious evidence. See the linked reports that follow.

 

That’s plenty for today on the troubling story of how manufactured housing is underperforming during an affordable housing crisis. To learn more about what the next steps should be for white hat brands, see the next report.

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Next up is our business daily recap of yesterday evening’s market report, related left-right headlines, and manufactured housing connected equities.

The Business Daily Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stock Market Updates.  Plus, Market Moving Left (CNN) – Right (Newsmax) Headlines Snapshot. While the layout of this daily business report has been evolving over time, several elements of the basic concepts used previously are still the same. For instance. The headlines that follow below can be reviewed at a glance to save time while providing insights across the left-right media divide. Additionally, those headlines often provide clues as to possible ‘market-moving’ news items.

 

Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 12.9.2021

• Buyer beware
• Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.
• Amazon is misleading consumers with ‘deceptive’ ads in search results, FTC complaint says
• Wall Street firm closes its office and cancels social events after dozens of Covid cases
• Jobless claims hit a new 52-year low
• 2022 will mark a full economic recovery, JPMorgan says
• Online inflation hits a record high ahead of the holidays
• Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings says
• Wall Street investor Cathie Wood is back with yet another new ETF
• No end in sight for Wall Street’s GameStop craze
• Starbucks workers at Buffalo store vote to unionize
• Someone just paid $7,753 for school papers graded by Elon Musk
• ‘TikTok changed my life.’ Real estate estate agents are winning on the app
• Amtrak expects to cut service as vaccine requirement thins its workforce
• Volkswagen increases spending on EVs to $100 billion
• Employers are preparing for big pay raises in 2022
• OPINION Cheesy Christmas movies are just what we need this year
• Holiday themed boats parade past a container ship loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles during the 'Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade' on December 4, 2021 near San Pedro, California. The 59th annual boat parade marking the start of the holiday season featured boats of various sizes competing for awards. A backlog of aging cargo at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has decreased 37 percent since last month amid continued supply chain disruptions.
• Glimmers of hope emerge in the supply chain nightmare
• It’s not quite the metaverse, but Meta is launching its virtual world
• Cheesecake sits for sale in the Bakery display counter of Junior's restaurant, a staple of Brooklyn dining since the 1950s, on February 21, 2014 in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The restaurant recently announced it would be closing – many assume the land will be used for new condos and apartments – though a final date of closure has not been settled upon. The owner of Junior's would allegedly would like to make a deal with the developers to reopen the restaurant on the ground floor of the new building. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
• This cheesecake company is taking a hit from the cream cheese shortage
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• A person looks at a smart phone with a Instagram logo displayed on the screen, on August 17, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia.
• Instagram offers ‘drug pipeline’ to kids, tech advocacy group claims
• Parents of the social media generation are not OK
• Instagram plans to bring back chronological feed
• There’s one big problem with Instagram’s new feature
• Meta bans businesses run by Myanmar’s military
• Right-wing activists are openly ‘weaponizing’ Twitter’s new private media policy
• THERANOS TRIAL
• Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
• Elizabeth Holmes’ defense rests its case
• Holmes says she tried to kill a damning WSJ story
• How abuse allegations could impact Theranos trial
• Elizabeth Holmes can be two things at once
• Journalist who helped ‘raise to prominence’ Theranos CEO takes witness stand

Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – evening of 12.9.2021

• In a First, Starbucks Workers Agree to Union in Buffalo, NY
• Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, a first for the 50-year-old coffee retailer in the U.S. and the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline. [Full Story]
• Newsmax TV
• Comer: WH Using Mandates as Political Tool | video
• Babin: ‘Not Holding My Breath’ on Renewed Border Policy | video
• Meuser: Biden, Administration Staging ‘Assault’ on Energy | video
• Hinson: Bill Holds China Accountable on Human Rights | video
• Donald Jr.: GOP Must Stop ‘Insanity’ Pushed by Liberals, Media | video
• Kim Guilfoyle: Fauci ‘Dead Wrong’ on ‘Trying to Lead This Country’ | video
• Cammack: IOC Ignoring China Human Rights Abuses | video
• More Newsmax TV
• Newsfront
• Former DC Guard Leaders Push Back on Internal Army Report of Jan. 6
• Two former top D.C. National Guard officials claim an internal Army report on its response to the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol is loaded with lies. The March 18 report says Guard members weren’t…… [Full Story]
• Fauci Suggests Families Should Enforce Vaccine Mandate in Homes During Holidays
• Anthony Fauci says families should “ask,” and “maybe require” [Full Story]
• Dems Ask Biden to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause Past Jan. 31
• Progressive Democrats are asking President Joe Biden to extend the [Full Story]
• Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics Is ‘Bare Minimum’ in Holding China Accountable
• A diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics doesn’t go far [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Letitia James Ends NY Governor Run, Seeks Reelection Instead
• New York Attorney General Letitia James suspended her campaign for [Full Story]
• Related
• New York Attorney General Seeks Trump Deposition: Source
• Rutgers Demands Students in Online Program Get Vaccinated
• Helena Garilano isn’t sure why her vaccination status matters to [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Blue Cross of Kansas Changes Policy on Transgender Surgery
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas has changed a policy that denied [Full Story]
• Biden Honors ‘Giant of Our History’ Bob Dole at US Capitol
• Bob Dole lay in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, as the president [Full Story]
• Johnson Defends Mouthwash COVID Remedy Remark, Says Taken Out of Context
• Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on Thursday defended controversial advice [Full Story]
• Starbucks Workers Vote to Organize at One New York Store, Reject Union at Another
• Starbucks Corp employees on Thursday voted to join a union at one [Full Story]
• NY National Guard Deployed to State Nursing Homes
• The New York National Guard has announced guard member deployments to [Full Story]
• China Restricting Vasectomies as Birthrate Plunges
• Many hospitals in China are turning away men seeking vasectomies as [Full Story]
• Former Trump Admin Official Kash Patel Appears Before House Jan. 6 Panel
• Kash Patel, former chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense [Full Story]
• House Progressives Call for 4-Day Workweek
• A group of House liberals is pushing to officially shorten the U.S. [Full Story]
• Former Rep. Renee Ellmers Running for Congress Again in North Carolina
• Former Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., announced Wednesday that she will [Full Story]
• Debt-Limit Deal Advances in Senate
• The U.S. Senate took a step toward raising the federal government’s [Full Story]
• Trump: McConnell ‘Giving it Away’ on Debt Ceiling
• Former President Donald Trump ripped into Sen. Mitch McConnell, [Full Story]
• Biden Admin Edging Toward Tighter Enforcement of Iran Sanctions: Report
• The Biden administration is putting the economic screws to Iran, [Full Story]
• Boat Parade Winner With ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Theme Stripped of Honor
• A boat decorated with anti-President Joe Biden slogans was stripped [Full Story]
• Lawsuit Claims Michigan School Shooter Posted Threats On Social Media Before Deadly Rampage
• Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley posted chilling [Full Story]
• Navy Names Ship After Late Sen. Daniel Inouye
• The Navy has named a new guided missile destroyer after the late Sen. [Full Story]
• Reality TV’s Josh Duggar Convicted of Child Porn Possession
• A federal jury in Arkansas on Thursday convicted former reality TV [Full Story]
• New Study Reveals Reason COVID More Severe in Overweight Adults
• The coronavirus appears to target both fat cells and certain immune [Full Story]
• Related
• US Campaign to Vaccinate Young Children off to Slow Start
• CDC Chief: Omicron Mostly Mild So Far
• Vaccine Makers Racing to Update COVID Shots, Just in Case
• Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties, Poll Finds
• The country’s large group of Hispanic voters appears to be split [Full Story]
• Capitol Staffer Charged With Carrying Gun Into House Office Building
• S. Capitol Police on Thursday arrested a Capitol Hill staffer for [Full Story]
• Biden Cautions That Friday’s Inflation Data Won’t Reflect Falling Gas PricesBiden Cautions That Friday’s Inflation Data Won’t Reflect Falling Gas Prices
• S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that inflation data for [Full Story]
• ‘Antifa’ Groups Charged With Assaulting Trump Rally-Goers
• At least seven people, identified by prosecutors as part of “antifa” [Full Story]
• Lindsey Graham Warns GOP Colleagues About Trump’s Wrath on Debt Vote
• Lindsey Graham on Wednesday warned Senate colleagues that former [Full Story]
• Massive Planet Discovered Orbiting Pair of Giant Stars
• Scientists have discovered a giant planet said to be 10 times the [Full Story]
• Israel Completes Massive ‘Game-Changer’ Wall Along Gaza Strip
• Israel has completed its massive 30-foot wall at the Gaza Strip, and [Full Story] | video
• Senators Announce Bipartisan Social Media Data Transparency Bill
• Three U.S. senators, two Democrats and a Republican, announced on [Full Story]
• Kissimmee: Say Bye to Your Auto Insurance Bill if You Live in These Zip Codes
• Auto Savings
• More Newsfront
• Finance
• Starbucks Workers Vote to Organize at One New York Store, Reject Union at Another
• Starbucks Corp employees on Thursday voted to join a union at one store in Buffalo, New York, but rejected the union at a second location in the city.Employees at one Starbucks location in Buffalo voted to join Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees…… [Full Story]
• Costco Beats Revenue Estimates as Shoppers Return to Stores
• Lululemon Raises Annual Revenue Forecast on Sustained Athleisure Boom
• Amtrak to Temporarily Cut Some Service over US COVID-19 Vaccine Rules
• Concerned About Omicron Variant, Banks Encourage COVID Booster Shots
• More Finance
• Health
• FDA Expands Pfizer COVID Booster, Opens Extra Dose to Age 16
• The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine…. [Full Story]
• Omicron vs. COVID-19 Vaccines: What More Do we Need to Know?
• How Will the World Decide When the Pandemic Is Over?
• US Campaign to Vaccinate Young Children off to Slow Start
• Vaccine Makers Racing to Update COVID Shots, Just in Case

Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Equities Closing TickersSome of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
                          • NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
                          • NOTE: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of  the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.

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