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Fleetwood Homes Wins Prestigious Design Awards at MHI 2004 National Industry Awards Fleetwood honored with the most design category awards at the National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, Nevada RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetwood Homes, a leading producer and retailer of manufactured housing, today announced that it won the most design category awards at the MHI 2004 National Industry Awards, an annual event that recognizes the best manufactured home communities, manufactured home developers, and manufactured home retail sales centers in the country. Hosted by MHI, the awards ceremony honored Fleetwood for producing innovative designs that have set new industry standards of excellence. "We are honored by this significant recognition from the industry," said Wes Chancey, Fleetwood's vice president of sales, marketing, distribution and product design for the Housing Group. "Our product design teams strive to produce the most cutting-edge designs on the market, and we remain committed to delivering products that exceed the expectations of our retailers and customers." Fleetwood Homes won the most category awards in the MHI 2004 "Best New Home Design Award" competition. Out of 11 separate categories, Fleetwood won the following three category awards for its new home designs: * LifeStages 4583L (New Production Multi-Section Manufactured Home Design - 1400 sq ft. or Less) -- Floor Plan and Exterior Rendering * Reflection 4503R (Concept Multi-Section Manufactured Home Design - 1400 sq ft. or Less) -- Floor Plan, Interior and Exterior Rendering * Reflection 7523R (Concept Multi-Section Manufactured Home Design - over 1400 sq ft.) -- Floor Plan and Exterior Rendering Each award winner receives a personalized trophy and recognition in many of the industry's national publications, including MHI's Modern Homes magazine and MHI's Website. Winners will also be highlighted at MHI's "Developing with Manufactured & Modular Homes" seminar, taking place at the National Congress and Expo, April 13 - 15, 2004. Please visit http://www.fleetwoodhomes.com/ for photos of the winning designs. For more information about MHI's National Industry Awards Program, go to http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/. About Fleetwood Fleetwood Homes is the housing brand of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded (NYSE:FLE) Fortune 1000 company. Fleetwood, headquartered in Riverside, Calif., operates 21 facilities nationwide, selling homes through approximately 1200 retail home centers across the nation. Over one million families call Fleetwood home throughout the United States. The Fleetwood Homes Web site can be accessed at http://www.fleetwoodhomes.com/. For further information please contact Jennie McCann of Porter Novelli, +1-415-975-3328, for Fleetwood Homes. DATASOURCE: Fleetwood Homes CONTACT: Jennie McCann of Porter Novelli, +1-415-975-3328, for Fleetwood Homes Web site: http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/ Web site: http://www.fleetwoodhomes.com/

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