Blog Posting # 854; Copyright 8 August 2025. EducateMHC
Know this! HUD-Code manufactured housing (‘MH’) is federally-regulated, performance-based, affordable-attainable, factory-built housing (a.k.a. one of four types of offsite construction), routinely paired with traditional stick-built housing (a.k.a. onsite construction. Plus, land lease communities (a.k.a. manufactured home communities & ‘mobile home parks’) comprise the commercial real estate (‘CRD’) component of MH. Various types of housing finance (e.g. chattel or ‘home only’ loans, and real estate mortgages) constitute the post-production segment of MH
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And my autobiography, From SmittyAlpha6 to MHMaven, describes personal combat adventures in Vietnam as a USMC lieutenant, a 45 year entrepreneur business career in MH & community ownership, as well as freelance consulting and authoring of 20 nonfiction texts.
George Allen is the sole emeritus member of the Manufactured Housing Institute (‘MHI’), a founding board member of MHI’s National Communities Council (‘NCC’) division, RV/MH Hall of Fame enshrinee, Allen Legacy columnist & editor at large for the popular MHInsider magazine.
TOTAL U.S. HOUSING COMPLETIONS DURING JUNE 2025
EducateMHC’s’ Economic Report: Total new onsite & offsite homes completed!
This total U.S. Housing Completion Report for June 2025 combines online data from U.S. Census Bureau (i.e. their annual estimated onsite construction completion total divided by 12 months); then adding offsite construction completions comprised of 1) manufactured housing production data from Institute for Building Technology & Safety (‘IBTS’), 2) modular & panelized units estimated to be 2% of onsite construction completions, and 3) RV Industry of America (‘RVIA’) website report of monthly production of Park Model RVs.
Historic bottom line! Unlike the U.S. Census Bureau Report that tallies ONLY onsite construction completions (i.e. stick-built homes on scattered and subdivision building sites conveyed fee simple), ADDING four types of offsite construction (a.k.a. affordable, factory-built housing cited above) to this total, presents a far more accurate, all-encompassing picture of total U.S. housing completions for the month of June 2025!
Think about it. Would you rather continue to be given ‘half a loaf’ of housing completion data each month (i.e. onsite construction only), OR know the ‘whole loaf’ of housing completion data (i.e. offsite construction added in) for the month?
Specifically, rather than there being just 109,500 new onsite constructed homes completed during June 2025, the more accurate, all-encompassing estimated total (i.e. including 11,366 offsite construction units) is 120,866; for a difference of 11,366 housing units!
What are the ‘numbers’ that make up these totals?
U.S. Census Bureau, for the month of June 2025, reports 109,500 single-family, site-built, privately-owned onsite housing completions (i.e. the annual estimated tally of 1,314,000 divided by 12 months). Meanwhile, the monthly grand total, inclusive of four types of offsite construction (Again, HUD-Code housing + modular & panelized homes + park Models RVs, totals 11,366 completions).
What does the U.S. Census Bureau find to be so daunting that they continue to refuse to combine onsite construction and offsite construction completion estimates, each month, to better report the volume of new housing starts in the U.S.?
Again, this ‘Total U.S. Housing Completion Report’ is a work in progress. Please let us know what you think of this onsite & offsite housing completion report, via gfa7156@aol.com
RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction on 18 August!
To date, more than 500 RV & MH industry pioneers, leaders, and successful businessmen and women have been inducted (I prefer to say ‘enshrined’) in the prestigious RV/MH Hall of Fame located in Elkhart, IN. The evening of 18 August, ten more such notable individuals will be welcomed into the Hall of Fame, five each from the two sister industries. More than 500 honorees and guests are expected to participate in this year’s gala event. I certainly plan to be there. How ‘bout you? If interested, visit the RV/MH Hall of Fame website or phone (574) 293-2344 for more information and to make reservations!
And, if you’re a land lease community owner/operator and have not yet participated in the two days of MH sales training and plant tours in northern Indiana, plan now to do so on the 19th & 20th of August, right there at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. For more information and to register, reach out to the IMHA/RVIC (Indiana) association via (317) 247-6258.
George Allen