{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"150209","rtpr_id":"nBw31ykqpa-20260922","ticker":"SKY","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["SKY"],"title":"Champion® Homes Presents Visionary Solutions to America’s Affordable Housing Shortage at HUD Innovative Housing Showcase","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-22T20:10:00.101Z","article_body":"Champion(®) Homes Presents Visionary Solutions to America’s Affordable\nHousing Shortage at HUD Innovative Housing Showcase\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) (“Champion Homes”) today highlighted its\ntrailblazing, offsite-built solutions to the nation’s affordable housing\nshortage at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\nInnovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/)\n\nThe New Horizon by Champion Homes is designed to increase the supply of\naffordable homes in urban infill settings.\n\nOn the National Mall, Champion Homes unveiled the New Horizon and the New\nFrontier, attainable, offsite-built homes that highlight the company’s\ncommitment to building the affordable homes Americans need now. The homes are\npresented as part of Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Homes on the\nHill, where policymakers and housing industry professionals are invited to\ntour the homes on September 22-24, 2026.\n\n“America has a shortage of millions of homes, and Champion Homes is meeting\nthe moment by building homes that Americans can afford,” said Champion Homes\nPresident and CEO Tim Larson. “We need a new path to the American Dream of\nhomeownership. Champion is rising to the occasion with attainable,\noffsite-built homes that meet buyers’ needs.”\n\nThe New Horizon by Champion Homes is America’s urban infill solution,\nallowing communities to use vacant lots in urban areas to expand opportunities\nfor affordable homeownership. It has a two-story layout and a small building\nfootprint designed for higher density housing. This three-bedroom,\n2.5-bathroom, 1,700-square-foot model is Champion’s innovative, two-story\nmanufactured home built to the HUD Code. It features a removed second-floor\nchassis and is designed for vertical construction in narrow urban infill lots.\nAs land prices are increasingly becoming a barrier to homeownership, the New\nHorizon’s efficient design helps lower costs for builders, buyers and\nrenters, offering a unique solution for attainable housing.\n\nThe New Frontier by Champion Homes delivers the curb appeal homeowners want\nand the affordability they need. Superior design meets attainable\nhomeownership with this three-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,750-square-foot\nmanufactured home. From the inside out, the New Frontier showcases the\nin-demand features homeowners are looking for, including a primary suite and\nan open concept floorplan. Offered at an attainable price, the New Frontier\ncan help reduce monthly housing expenses for individuals and families.\n\nDesigned with today’s homebuyers in mind, the New Horizon and the New\nFrontier are examples of Champion Homes’s broad capabilities to build the\naffordable homes Americans need. Champion has extensive design and production\ncapacity with 46 manufacturing facilities and a wide range of floorplans\ntailored to regional design preferences and homebuyers’ needs. Offsite-built\nhomes by Champion can be built at significantly lower costs than comparable\nsite-built homes — even including the cost of delivery and installation on\nthe property.\n\n“Champion Homes offers policymakers, builders and homebuyers a path to\naffordable homeownership through offsite construction,” said Larson. “The\ntime is now to build affordable homes, and Champion Homes is leading the\nway.”\n\nAbout Champion Homes, Inc.\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) is a leading producer of factory-built\nhousing in North America and employs approximately 9,200 people. With more\nthan 70 years of homebuilding experience and 46 manufacturing facilities\nthroughout the United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well\npositioned with an innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes,\nADUs, park-models and modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family,\nand hospitality sectors.\n\nIn addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides\nconstruction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a\nfactory-direct retail business with 95 retail locations across the United\nStates, and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to\nthe manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations\nacross the United States.\n\nManufactured and Modular Homes\n\nwww.championhomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championhomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championhomes.com&index=1&md5=3f14c4b1777690396c1e79fc48f043e6)\n\nwww.skylinehomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skylinehomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.skylinehomes.com&index=2&md5=3b1704db13b729174b2763cc5aee0f81)\n\nwww.genesishomes.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genesishomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.genesishomes.com&index=3&md5=a54309b6e58363756b3b09109589f942)\n\nPark Model RVs\n\nwww.championparkmodelscabins.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championparkmodelscabins.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championparkmodelscabins.com&index=4&md5=55d586d048bf982ed4d9c4478c281a0c)\n\nStar Fleet Trucking\n\nwww.starfleettrucking.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starfleettrucking.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.starfleettrucking.com&index=5&md5=557aabeb9da1eeeed72ecd6a797f3138)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/)\n\nInvestor contact information: \n\nName: Ellen Kaleniecki, Head of Investor Relations\n\nEmail: investorrelations@championhomes.com \n(mailto:investorrelations@championhomes.com) \nPhone: (248) 614-8211\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw31ykqpa-20260922","title":"Champion® Homes Presents Visionary Solutions to America’s Affordable Housing Shortage at HUD Innovative Housing Showcase","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"SKY","created":"2026-09-22T20:10:00.101Z","tickers":["SKY"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Champion(®) Homes Presents Visionary Solutions to America’s Affordable\nHousing Shortage at HUD Innovative Housing Showcase\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) (“Champion Homes”) today highlighted its\ntrailblazing, offsite-built solutions to the nation’s affordable housing\nshortage at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\nInnovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/)\n\nThe New Horizon by Champion Homes is designed to increase the supply of\naffordable homes in urban infill settings.\n\nOn the National Mall, Champion Homes unveiled the New Horizon and the New\nFrontier, attainable, offsite-built homes that highlight the company’s\ncommitment to building the affordable homes Americans need now. The homes are\npresented as part of Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Homes on the\nHill, where policymakers and housing industry professionals are invited to\ntour the homes on September 22-24, 2026.\n\n“America has a shortage of millions of homes, and Champion Homes is meeting\nthe moment by building homes that Americans can afford,” said Champion Homes\nPresident and CEO Tim Larson. “We need a new path to the American Dream of\nhomeownership. Champion is rising to the occasion with attainable,\noffsite-built homes that meet buyers’ needs.”\n\nThe New Horizon by Champion Homes is America’s urban infill solution,\nallowing communities to use vacant lots in urban areas to expand opportunities\nfor affordable homeownership. It has a two-story layout and a small building\nfootprint designed for higher density housing. This three-bedroom,\n2.5-bathroom, 1,700-square-foot model is Champion’s innovative, two-story\nmanufactured home built to the HUD Code. It features a removed second-floor\nchassis and is designed for vertical construction in narrow urban infill lots.\nAs land prices are increasingly becoming a barrier to homeownership, the New\nHorizon’s efficient design helps lower costs for builders, buyers and\nrenters, offering a unique solution for attainable housing.\n\nThe New Frontier by Champion Homes delivers the curb appeal homeowners want\nand the affordability they need. Superior design meets attainable\nhomeownership with this three-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,750-square-foot\nmanufactured home. From the inside out, the New Frontier showcases the\nin-demand features homeowners are looking for, including a primary suite and\nan open concept floorplan. Offered at an attainable price, the New Frontier\ncan help reduce monthly housing expenses for individuals and families.\n\nDesigned with today’s homebuyers in mind, the New Horizon and the New\nFrontier are examples of Champion Homes’s broad capabilities to build the\naffordable homes Americans need. Champion has extensive design and production\ncapacity with 46 manufacturing facilities and a wide range of floorplans\ntailored to regional design preferences and homebuyers’ needs. Offsite-built\nhomes by Champion can be built at significantly lower costs than comparable\nsite-built homes — even including the cost of delivery and installation on\nthe property.\n\n“Champion Homes offers policymakers, builders and homebuyers a path to\naffordable homeownership through offsite construction,” said Larson. “The\ntime is now to build affordable homes, and Champion Homes is leading the\nway.”\n\nAbout Champion Homes, Inc.\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) is a leading producer of factory-built\nhousing in North America and employs approximately 9,200 people. With more\nthan 70 years of homebuilding experience and 46 manufacturing facilities\nthroughout the United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well\npositioned with an innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes,\nADUs, park-models and modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family,\nand hospitality sectors.\n\nIn addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides\nconstruction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a\nfactory-direct retail business with 95 retail locations across the United\nStates, and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to\nthe manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations\nacross the United States.\n\nManufactured and Modular Homes\n\nwww.championhomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championhomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championhomes.com&index=1&md5=3f14c4b1777690396c1e79fc48f043e6)\n\nwww.skylinehomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skylinehomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.skylinehomes.com&index=2&md5=3b1704db13b729174b2763cc5aee0f81)\n\nwww.genesishomes.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genesishomes.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.genesishomes.com&index=3&md5=a54309b6e58363756b3b09109589f942)\n\nPark Model RVs\n\nwww.championparkmodelscabins.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championparkmodelscabins.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championparkmodelscabins.com&index=4&md5=55d586d048bf982ed4d9c4478c281a0c)\n\nStar Fleet Trucking\n\nwww.starfleettrucking.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starfleettrucking.com%2F&esheet=54608514&newsitemid=20260922481733&lan=en-US&anchor=www.starfleettrucking.com&index=5&md5=557aabeb9da1eeeed72ecd6a797f3138)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/)\n\nInvestor contact information: \n\nName: Ellen Kaleniecki, Head of Investor Relations\n\nEmail: investorrelations@championhomes.com \n(mailto:investorrelations@championhomes.com) \nPhone: (248) 614-8211\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-22T20:10:00.148013289Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790107800148},"received_at":"2026-09-22T20:10:00.296Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922481733/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"139011","press_release_id":"150209","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Household Durables","sector":"Consumer Discretionary"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"Champion Homes unveiled two offsite-built homes, the New Horizon and the New Frontier, at the HUD Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.\n\nThe New Horizon is a two-story, 1,700-square-foot urban infill manufactured home built to the HUD Code, while the New Frontier is a 1,750-square-foot, three-bedroom model aimed at attainable homeownership.\n\nThe release is promotional, underscoring Champion's 46 manufacturing facilities and offsite cost advantages, but contains no new financial metrics or orders.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"PR showcase positioning Champion's offsite-built homes as an affordable-housing policy solution — brand exposure, no financial impact."},"keyFigures":{},"quotedText":"America has a shortage of millions of homes, and Champion Homes is meeting the moment by building homes that Americans can afford","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Tim Larson","role":"President and CEO"}],"products":["New Horizon by Champion Homes","New Frontier by Champion Homes"],"companies":[{"name":"Champion Homes, Inc.","ticker":"SKY","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)","relationship":"event host / regulator"},{"name":"Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)","relationship":"industry association"},{"name":"Star Fleet Trucking","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Promotional showcase of two concept homes at a HUD event; no financial figures, orders, or guidance disclosed. 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