Post-Disaster Manufactured Housing Unit Installations

Meeting the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Unique Housing Needs

Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

This task is in response to the very first presidential disaster declaration made directly to a tribe and is the first time FEMA is installing permanent homes in the continental U.S.

Our emergency management professionals are supporting an estimated 200 MHU installations.

The sites include substantial site improvement efforts to improving grading, foundations, and utilities.

Gaining access to the home sites requires careful resource planning and scheduling due to their remoteness and the challenging conditions of access roads.

Established in 1889, the reservation encompasses four counties, has nearly 30,000 residents, and is larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

In May 2015, severe storms caused wind and flood damage to Oglala Sioux tribal housing on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota. The storms complicated an already substantial pre-storm shortage of tribal housing.

4

counties

30,000

residents

200

MHU installations

As managing partner of the Partnership for Temporary Housing, LLC (PaTH), which includes Parsons Corporation and DynCorp International, we assisted the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the installation of manufactured housing units (MHU). Due to the reservation's remoteness and preexisting tribal housing needs, we collaborated with FEMA to adapt tasks from typical MHU missions for a more permanent residence solution. PaTH addressed tribal employment rights, historic preservation, and environmental protection considerations throughout the process.

We planned and executed—with the help of Timberline Construction Group, our prime subcontractor—MHU site upgrades that feature more robust grading, foundations, and utility systems.

Client

FEMA

Square Mileage

3,469 SM

Cost

$21 million

Services

Planning, Consulting and Advisory

Markets

Federal
Risk, Response and Recovery

Regions

Midwest