Manufactured Housing Giants Pin Hopes on Modular.(United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development code)

From: Professional Builder (1993) | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

By Bill Lurz, Senior Editor, Business

With HUD-code housing in a decade-long funk, manufacturers are gearing up to partner with traditional home builders by producing modules that are assembled on-site.

The 2000s have not roared for manufactured housing. The top 25 firms represent 93 percent of total industry shipments, and those Giants shipped an average of 140,147 units a year over the past four years, compared with 274,158 units in the first year of the decade. But help may be on the way. Many of these companies now believe selling factory-produced modules to ...

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