--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I heard that here in Fairfield there are 400 houses on > > the market. I don¹t know how many apartments for rent. I¹m going > > to check. I imagine that around the entire country there are more > > than enough empty houses and apartments to accommodate all the > > Katrina refugees. Seems to me some sort of government funding > > should be set up to compensate the owners and landlords of these > > houses and apartments, and people should be moved from the > > Astrodome and church basements. Any thoughts on this idea? > > It's not a bad idea. If something could be done to ease > the minds of the homeowners w.r.t. possible damage to their > homes, it might even wind up saving them money. It costs > far more to insure an empty home waiting to be sold than > a home that is occupied.
These quantities are a start but not enough. Is there any vacant land that might be available? If so, how about a project based on new environmentally sensible methods like strawbale and rammed earth techniques? Viz: http://www.strawbale.com/ http://www.rammedearthworks.com/ Uns. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/