Katrina Victims Find a Solution: Modular House

Of the hundreds of houses swept away by Hurricane Katrina in this small
Gulf Coast town, only a fraction have been replaced. The price of
building materials has skyrocketed, and the services of even mediocre
contractors can be hard to come by.
But on East North Street recently, a swarm of workmen put the final
touches on Gwen and Rudy Cardreon’s new home, a tan ranch house that
sprang up, on 11-foot piling, in a matter of days. Constructed in three
pieces in a factory hundreds of miles away, the house came equipped
with carpets, curtains, even ceiling fans, but looks as if it were
custom built in the Cardreons’ yard.