PermaShelter, a company with experience in constructing disaster relief homes, has declared that it is building transitional shelters for the purpose of exporting them to the flood ravaged South American countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
Hundreds of thousands of people in those countries were left homeless for the past several months.
According to Matt Williams, PermaShelter’s Director of Communications & Government Affairs, the company has developed permanent type of homes in sizes ranging from 18 m2 to 30 m2. The homes are designed to endure good amount of wind loads and seismic movements and constructed with materials that resists decay and insects. The cost of such homes cost less than the price of a smaller sized used car and assessed to last for a minimum period of 25 years. The company is making use of the materials that reflects the tastes of the Latin American countries and is in consultation with the housing specialists in the countries to ensure that the products supplied meets the changed needs of the localities.
PermaShelter has enough exposure and experience in constructing disaster relief houses. It has constructed over 2,000 transitional homes in Haiti before. Its parent company, Harbor Homes is one of the main contractors to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in supplying disaster relief housing.
Source: http://www.harborhomesllc.com/