WSJ: The Rush to Take Modular Homes Mainstream in Disaster-Ravaged Areas
By Rebecca Picciotto and Nicole Friedman
Modular housing under construction in Hawaii for residents who were displaced by the Maui wildfires. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images.
Alternative construction methods are winning new business by offering faster and less costly ways to rebuild
After Jerry Camarillo’s childhood home in Altadena, Calif., burned down, he was determined to rebuild the one-story, midcentury ranch house exactly as it was before the Los Angeles wildfires.
That all changed with one look at the home’s insurance policy, which would cover only a fraction of the $700,000 estimated cost to rebuild.
