Rebuilding New Orleans - One house at a time - SERIOUSLY

August 29th was the fourth anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina, one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States and the most costly hurricane to date. Approximately 275,000 homes were lost as estimated by the American Red Cross. It has been four years and still thousands of residents in Mississippi and Louisiana are without a home or are living in trailers. The task of rebuilding was and still is daunting. But, rebuilding is occurring.

The Homebuilders Association of Louisiana and the National Building Systems Council built a new home for one lucky family in about six weeks utilizing a system built housing method called panelization. And this is not low quality manufactured housing. This is a real house built on the site by real people. On August 29, the owners were given the key to their new house in New Orleans. For more info check out this link: http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=97247