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Clayton Home Building Group® Wins Manufacturer of the Year Award for Seventh Consecutive Year

August 30, 20232 min read

Company’s Innovation and Impact Recognized by the Manufactured Housing Institute®

MARYVILLE, Tenn., August 30, 2023 — Clayton Home Building Group®, a leading national builder of single-family attainable housing, secured for the seventh consecutive year the 2023 Manufacturer of the Year – Three Plants or More award, the annual top honor given by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).

In 2022, Clayton Home Building Group built 62,841 homes ranging from site-built, off-site, Tiny, CrossMod® and modular housing. The MHI® Manufacturer of the Year award recognizes the company’s impact for the 50,762 off-site homes built during a year of unprecedented demand for housing.

“Clayton Home Building Group is dedicated to providing a world-class experience for team members and customers, building attainable homes using innovative and sustainable building practices, and supporting the communities in which we work and live,” said Keith Holdbrooks, CEO and executive chairman. “We’re honored to be recognized again by MHI as Manufacturer of the Year for our efforts that helped more than 50,000 families become homeowners last year.”

Clayton Home Building Group’s commitment to drive change in the home building industry and to do good in the community was reflected in the company’s innovation and sustainability efforts and focus on a world-class team member and customer experience, including:

The introduction of the Tempo model, a beautiful, designer-inspired attainable drywall home.

About Clayton

Founded in 1956, Clayton is a leading single-family, values-driven home builder committed to opening doors to a better life through homeownership. The company’s portfolio includes a comprehensive range of site-built, modern manufactured, Tiny, CrossMod® and modular housing. In 2025, Clayton built more than 59,000 homes nationwide. Clayton remains committed to delivering attainable, sustainably-built housing with a lower cost of homeownership and creating world-class experience for customers and team members. For more information, visit claytonhomes.com.
CrossMod is a registered certification mark of the Manufactured Housing Institute.

While many companies were impacted by “the Great Resignation” in 2022, Clayton Home Building Group experienced the company’s highest team member engagement and retention rates due to results-driven, people-focused initiatives.
More than 6,000 team members contributed nearly 38,000 service hours through Clayton Impact, a paid time off program that supports volunteerism where Clayton team members live and work.
Clayton earned five-year high marks on the company’s B2B Retail Partner survey rating as “incredibly easy to do business with” and for Net Promoter® Score, a brand loyalty metric of performance and improvement.