Find out what’s allowed on your property after the LA wildfires. See the updated rules for ADUs, RVs, mobile homes, and temporary housing permits for fire survivors.

Plant Prefab, based in Santa Monica, has received more than 250 project inquiries for modular homes since the fires. For many, going down the prefab route feels like a matter of necessity.

One temporary neighborhood is an exception: called Ka La‘i Ola, it’s filled with modular, factory-built houses and is now home to more than 600 people. Hundreds of additional modular homes on ...

into portable modular designs. In 2024, government incentives in several regions favored modular housing initiatives to address affordable housing shortages and educational infrastructure deficits.

One temporary neighborhood is an exception: called Ka La‘i Ola, it’s filled with modular, factory-built houses and is now home to more than 600 people. Hundreds of additional modular homes on ...