However it started, the "rebuilding" will be interesting. Who can afford to stay and who will have to move? I lived on Kauai for 12 years in a plantation house - the house, insurance-wise, was worth just a fraction of the land. You could not build the house today for the replacement value. Single-wall construction houses are not legal in…
However it started, the "rebuilding" will be interesting. Who can afford to stay and who will have to move? I lived on Kauai for 12 years in a plantation house - the house, insurance-wise, was worth just a fraction of the land. You could not build the house today for the replacement value. Single-wall construction houses are not legal in Hawaii today. Why? because they are economical and they work. Our house survived hurricane Iniki in the early 90's. The building codes and unions have taken care of affordable housing in the islands. Peace.
However it started, the "rebuilding" will be interesting. Who can afford to stay and who will have to move? I lived on Kauai for 12 years in a plantation house - the house, insurance-wise, was worth just a fraction of the land. You could not build the house today for the replacement value. Single-wall construction houses are not legal in Hawaii today. Why? because they are economical and they work. Our house survived hurricane Iniki in the early 90's. The building codes and unions have taken care of affordable housing in the islands. Peace.