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Rebuilding
Cheaper, faster and safer: Some LA builders and architects want a different approach to rebuilding
Feb 27, 2025
The current rules give homeowners an incentive to build replacement homes likely to burn just as easily during the next wildfire.
A Los Angeles-area developer gives advice on rebuilding after the fires
Feb 7, 2025
Waleed Delawari of Delawari Investment Group shares some of the lessons he's learned on what rebuilding a home might look like after the LA fires.
Marketplace's David Brancaccio on community, loss and rebuilding in Altadena
Jan 31, 2025
"Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio and his wife lost their new home to one of the fires that ravaged Southern California recently. Here's what they've learned about rebuilding in the aftermath.
The role of catastrophe bonds in paying to rebuild after fires and other disasters
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Amy Scott
Jan 15, 2025
Catastrophe bonds play an important role in keeping the insurance market functioning at a time when it’s getting harder for homeowners to get affordable coverage. But what happens catastrophe actually strikes?
Billions are spent on housing after disasters. Why does recovery take so long?
Nov 12, 2024
Federal funding doesn't become available for rebuilding efforts until an average of two years after a storm, one study showed.
How one family business kept old things running for 82 years
Aug 12, 2024
The Schulze family fixed appliances and home furnishings in Richmond, Texas for 82 years.
Nashville's downtown is still recovering a year after a bombing rocked the area
Dec 24, 2021
The Christmas Day bombing impacted dozens of businesses. Some have relocated, while others are waiting for the city to rebuild.
For public good, not for profit.
A year after a deadly tornado in Tennessee, people weigh the decision to rebuild
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Blake Farmer
Mar 3, 2021
Rebuilding has been slowed by the pandemic, fears about future storms and the pain of lost lives.
Bond remains strong between Puerto Rican evacuees and those who stayed
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Renata Sago
Dec 22, 2017
Families, now divided between the mainland and the island, start new endeavors and try to preserve old ties.
New Orleans' mayor: Storm's crux was levee failure
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 17, 2015
Mitch Landrieu talks about the need to invest in infrastructure post-Katrina.