Architects in New York are trying to develop new types of long-term temporary housing as part of a design competition sponsored by the city and non-profit groups.
"What if a Category 3 hurricane leveled an entire city neighborhood and left nearly 40,000 families homeless?
That's the question the city is asking architects to answer as part of a competition to design long-term temporary housing for residents displaced by a catastrophic hurricane or other disaster.
Co-sponsored by the city Office of Emergency Management, the Rockefeller Foundation and Architects for Humanity New York, the contest was devised to solve what officials call a uniquely urban problem: There isn't enough room for trailers or other types of existing, single-family temporary housing to serve the number of people who might be displaced if a storm were to hit a major metropolitan area like New York."
FULL STORY: New York eyes post-hurricane housing needs
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