Washington, D.C. 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 again during April, 2017.
The association tells the Daily Business News that just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,184 homes in April 2017, a 7.4% increase over the 6,689 HUD Code homes produced during April 2016.
Cumulative industry production for 2017 now totals 30,568 homes, an 18.5% increase over the 25,790 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 April 2017 — with cumulative, monthly, current year (2017) and prior year (2016) shipments per category as indicated — are:
The latest information for April 2017 results in no changes to the cumulative top ten list.
Last month’s production report is linked here. A recent analysis on states that are not rising, is linked here.
The press release notes that “The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing the views and interests of independent producers of federally-regulated manufactured housing.” ##
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