The Sears pre-fabrication, mail order homes business became financially unsustainable as a private for-profit business.
However in today's needy housing market with new building technologies & transportation a public-private reincarnation of this mass housing model should be exactly what many American communities need to vastly reduce homelessness and absurdly high housing costs!
It might also reduce the need for cheap, undocumented construction labor since the "SEARS" type production company would operate much as do Home Depot and Lowe's arranging for their own licensed contractors to arrive on site along with the building materials ready to begin work for a client.
In disaster areas such as Los Angeles and Western NC "SEARS" style mass production DCs could be set up to pre-build & ship to regional markets where buyers and building sites are located & code compliant shelter is desperately needed.
The Federal government agency such as Freddy Mac, FEMA-replace, Public-Farm, Homeland-Shelter or similar would try to operate profitably but have enough public backing flexibility to absorb some financial shocks & market changes without going bust!
If structured correctly this should gain support from both Republicans and Democrats since it could serve many different constituents including some wealthy business owners!
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