Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, experts found people often overestimated the cost of building back better. Read from CU Boulder’s Abbie Liel and University of Notre Dame's Susan Ostermann on The Conversation.
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