Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ideas

Produce disaster housing units that meet the International Building Code, with a flat roof and pre-framed door/hall openings that allows expansion modules and a permanent pitched roof to be added at a later date. In so doing, FEMA can leverage its investment in temporary housing to create long term permanent housing for impacted communities. The initial base modules must be rapidly deployable, as are current FEMA housing ...more »

I've presented a rough outline of an idea that would provide affordable and sustainable housing for disaster survivors base on highly modified cargo containers that would be designed to snap together into a solar powered, water furnace heated, internet ready alternative to FEMA Housing Units. The individual pieces would be bolted together like Lego blocks. The end result would look like an ordinary apartment building ...more »