Washington, D.C., April 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 increased substantially again during February 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,312 homes in February 2017, a 19.3% increase over the 6,129 HUD Code homes produced during February 2016. Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 15,139 homes, a 26.2% increase over the 11,991 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 February 2017 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2017) and prior year (2016) shipments per category as indicated — are:
State Cumulative Current Month (Feb. 2017) 2017 2016
1. Texas 69,088 homes 1,213 2,396 2,197
2. Louisiana 28,099 homes 512
3. Florida 21,805 homes 457
4. Alabama 16,285 homes 594
5. N.C 15,200 homes 299
6. Mississippi 14,049 homes 280
7. California 13,489 homes 274
8. Kentucky 12,884 homes 185
9. Michigan 12,486 homes 469
10. Tennessee 10,802 homes 200
The latest information for February 2017 results in no changes to the cumulative top ten list.
