Engineers are using a unique test facility called the Wall of Wind to develop housing that’s both affordable and disaster-resistant. Their tests show the magnitude of the challenge.
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It is far easier and cheaper to keep someone housed in a mobile home park than to build a new subsidized unit for them.
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
Manufactured housing – the preferred name for what were once called mobile homes – has changed dramatically in recent decades. Three planning experts call for giving it a new look.
A hashtag has helped turn mobile living from a counter culture into a lifestyle for the affluent.
Communities living at the margins are often more vulnerable to disaster risk, a problem likely to be exacerbated by climate change.
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