Forget FEMA Trailers: Here’s How to House People in a Hurry

The core of the houses are built with pre-fab panels designed so the home can be finished in a week with only four workers.
The core of the houses are built with pre-fab panels designed so the home can be finished in a week with only four workers.

The RAPIDO program was originally conceived in response to the snail’s pace of rebuilding efforts for low-income residents after Hurricane Rita hit Houston in 2005. “We were appalled by the initial nine-month delay—which in retrospect was actually lightning fast compared to Hurricanes Ike, Dolly, and Harvey,” says John Henneberger, executive director of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (TLIHIS).

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