Manufactured home production falls for a thirteenth month in November 2023
U.S. production of HUD-code manufactured homes remained below its year-earlier level in November 2023. Figures reported by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) showed 7,769 homes produced, compared with 7,970 in November 2022 — a decline of about 2.5%.
November marked the thirteenth consecutive month of year-over-year production declines, according to the industry association. That comparison measures each month against the same month a year earlier; it does not mean production fell from the preceding month thirteen times in a row.
The year-to-date picture
For January through November 2023, production totalled 82,809 homes, compared with 106,476 over the corresponding period of 2022. The reduction was approximately 22.2%.
The figures were discussed in a January 9 release from MHLivingNews.com, which cited MHARR's report based on statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Production figures and the housing debate
The release linked the contraction to a broader debate about affordable housing and the regulatory treatment of manufactured homes. Its policy arguments should be distinguished from the production count: the figures establish the change in output, but do not by themselves establish why it happened.
These are figures for HUD-code manufactured homes. They are not a count of all U.S. homebuilding or all factory-built housing.