$5.9 Million Award (FEMA Alternative Housing Pilot Program)
Posted: April 28, 2007
(December 2006) FEMA announces award and selection of Mississippi’s GreenMobile™ project for the Alternative Housing Pilot Program (AHPP). Mississippi’s GreenMobile™ project submittal was designed and trademarked by Professor
Michael Berk, F.L. Crane Endowed Professor at Mississippi State University School of Architecture. A national jury consisting of members from FEMA, AIA, DOE, and HUD selected and ranked the GreenMobile™ project number one of 29 submittals. In all, five projects were funded for a total of $388 million. The GreenMobile project was funded for $5.9 million.
This pilot program aims to expand the types of housing FEMA provides disaster-affected communities by identifying, developing and evaluating alternatives to FEMA travel trailers and mobile homes. This program will also provide housing to people with on-going housing needs due to the 2005 hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.
See following FEMA link for more detail:
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=32426