Hurricane disaster survivors often want to rebuild sustainably to avoid future damage, but insurance payouts rarely cover anything different from what existed before.

And builders often overestimate the upfront costs of building back better.
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Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way

In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy specialist found people often overestimating the cost of building back better.

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