Rebuilding Project:
100 HOMES IN ONE HUNDRED DAYS

Hope Has A Face was one of five hurricane relief organizations that took on the massive problem of Katrina rebuilding with a complex and innovative effort called 100 Homes in One Hundred Days. The goal of the effort was to attempt to rebuild 100 homes in 100 calendar days, providing some needed hope of progress to displaced residents who were becoming disillusioned with the sluggish rebuilding efforts and their chances of returning to their homes. The project took place in Pascagoula, Mississippi and began on March 26, 2007 with completion expected 100 calendar days later on the 4th of July.

The first effort of its kind, this unique program was designed to use a variety of construction methods (including panelized, modular and traditional stick framed homes) and traditional renovation techniques with coordinated volunteer labor, deployed in a coordinated manner optimized for speed and efficiency. Skilled contractors would be used to supervise the volunteers, complete tasks requiring advanced skills and coordinate work to be performed by the licensed trades (plumbers, electricians, HVAC). The scale of the project could also potentially reap efficiency benefits in labor utilization and supply logistics that could not be realized in single home efforts.

Although the project was not able to complete all the homes by the July 4th goal, volunteers contributed almost 55,000 hours of labor to complete the project’s scope of work in 65 homes in just 100 days. The construction effort continued after July 4th as cases were slowly approved for funding by the funding Partners. The last case was approved and funded on February 14, 2008 and construction operations concluded on April 15, 2008.

To our partners in this project... thank you!