Because of the city’s high population density and the desire to resettle as many residents as possible in their former neighborhoods, the OEM and the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) are developing a new approach to interim housing that provides higher-density living spaces than the single-household homes or trailers typically used for post-disaster housing.

They created a blueprint for the manufactured housing industry to use to create post-disaster housing, including requirements for safety, environmental quality, durability, and universal design.