What started as temporary shelter after Helene is becoming a permanent home for some families in the North Carolina High Country. Nearly a dozen storm survivors have purchased the FEMA trailers they ...

Co-directors of the nonprofit BeLoved Asheville, “Ponkho” Bermejo, left, and Amy Cantrell, help set up a tiny home for a resident in Leicester in December. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com One day ...

FEMA money, private insurance payouts and lots of private donations have helped many of the thousands of people displaced after Helene’s historic destruction in Western North Carolina. The state ...

EMMITSBURG, Md. -- They're clean, shutterless and decorated with a rainbow of beige hues. They're mobile homes built for future disaster victims and, so far, have safe levels of formaldehyde. The six ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Hundreds of trailers brought to Iowa to shelter residents affected by last year's tornadoes and floods are for sale. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is selling them.