Lowe's $17,000 small cottage "kit" designed to replace FEMA trailers for survivors of Hurricane Katrina turned out to be such a big hit that the home improvement chain store is going to sell 'em nationwide:
The cottages are cute and come in a variety of styles and sizes from 1.5-5 bedrooms. Lowe's says people have been using them as vacation homes, guest houses, and, yes regular homes, too.
Link - Thanks Marilyn Terrell!
Previously on Neatorama: Jay Shafer's Tiny Tumbleweed Homes | The Art of Living in Small Spaces
It's an entirely different issue if the gov't (state or especially Federal) is buying them. It's bad enough that FEMA bought a zillion low-frills free trailers for hurricane victims to live in indefinitely. This would be worse because these "Katrina Cottages" are intended to be attractive and remove the stigma of being on the dole. Well, there should be stigma associated with mooching off taxpayers for years like many of the Katrina victims are *still* doing! If you are dumb enough to be uninsured and build (or rent) below sea-level housing in a hurricane/flood prone area, YOU HAVE IT COMING.