[13] Clayton Homes established its own mortgage company in 1974 and added a manufacturing division in 1975.

[15][14] Each year from 1989 through 1992, Clayton Homes was named on the Forbes list of the best small companies in America.

[24] Clayton Homes sold its land-lease communities business to Denver-based Yes Companies LLC in 2008.

[28] Clayton Homes was involved in a lawsuit in 2011 with FEMA after providing portable classrooms as part of Hurricane Katrina relief which were found to contain formaldehyde.

[7][31][32] Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, defended Clayton against predatory lending claims in an interview saying: "We have 300,000 loans on the books and in the last 3 years I've not received one letter of complaint from anybody.

"[33][34] In 2015, Clayton Homes worked with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to produce a 3D printed house and car which share a single energy unit.

[42] The company introduced a line of tiny homes during fall 2016 with the debut of its "Low Country" prototype in North Carolina.

[43] The designer series received media acclaim from USA Today, The Post and Courier, among others.

Since October 2015, Clayton Homes has acquired homebuilders in Atlanta, Nashville, Kansas City, Denver, and Birmingham.

The off-site built home is then transported to its final location in sections to be assembled on a foundation.

[64] Clayton Homes has taken a number of sustainability measures at it facilities including preventing 200 short tons (180 tonnes) of waste from going to a landfill from its facility in Bean Station, Tennessee, in 2020 by recycling metal, cardboard, wire, and plastic.

[66][67] Hope For The Warriors works with veterans from all branches of the military as well as post 9/11 active duty, National Guard, and reserve service members.