{"id":6606,"date":"2011-07-23T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:02:11","slug":"fema-tiny-modulars-create-temporary-tiny-house-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/fema-tiny-modulars-create-temporary-tiny-house-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA Tiny Modulars Create Temporary Tiny House Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"

After every natural disaster FEMA provides temporary housing. There have been a lot of different options tried. Some people are put up in travel trailers. Other times small modular or park model trailers are used. <\/p>\n

\"Trucks
Trucks bringing in tiny modular houses to create a temporary Tiny House Neighborhood
Photo by Mark Haviland from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These trucks are bringing in small modular homes to set up a temporary neighborhood. This is at the Baton Rouge Airport.<\/p>\n

\"Truck
Truck bringing in a tiny modular house to create a temporary Tiny House Neighborhood
Photo by Mark Haviland from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After preparing the infrastructure, many small temporary houses are set up.<\/p>\n

\"Truck
Truck bringing in a tiny modular house to create a temporary Tiny House Neighborhood
Photo by Mark Haviland from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The houses are not that small.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA
FEMA Tiny Houses
Photo by Robert Kaufmann from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But they have shoe horned a lot of them very close together.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA
FEMA Tiny Houses
Photo by Robert Kaufmann from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FEMA tries to get them set up as soon as possible. Two sites were set up. This site, Officer Jeff Taylor Memorial Acres is nearly 24 acres of temporary housing with 346 modular houses.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA
FEMA Miniature Model
Photo by Adam Dubrowa from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a model of one of the modular houses that FEMA might use. This was at the Individual Assistance (IA) Conference in San Diego, CA in 2010. FEMA and other agencies are trying to find better options for temporary and permanent housing after natural disasters.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA
FEMA Park Models
Photo by Susie Shapira from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These Park Models are on their way to be set up to provide temporary housing in Dike, Iowa.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA
FEMA Park Models
Photo by Susie Shapira from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is always a lot of housing needed after a flood or hurricane.<\/p>\n

\"Inside
Inside the FEMA temporary housing
U.S. Army Photo by Chris Gray-Garcia from<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is what FEMA temporary housing looks like on the inside.<\/p>\n

\"Inside
Inside the FEMA temporary housing
U.S. Army Photo by Chris Gray-Garcia from<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Basic, but not tiny, these temporary houses are provided through the FEMA program.<\/p>\n

\"Tiny
Tiny House built by a nonprofit
Photo by Patsy Lynch from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This tiny house can house four people. It has space for two sets of bunk beds .<\/p>\n

\"Tiny
Tiny House built by a nonprofit
Photo by Patsy Lynch from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A non-profit group builds these small modular homes in Jackson, MS., then brings them to wherever they are needed.<\/p>\n

\"Modular
Modular Buildings provide temporary classrooms at the Southern University at New Orleans
Photo by Marvin Nauman from the FEMA Photo Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are two modules or sections that will be put together to provide temporary classrooms at the Southern University at New Orleans. The workers are removing the temporary plastic that keeps each section dry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After every natural disaster FEMA provides temporary housing. There have been a lot of different options tried. Some people are put up in travel trailers. 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