I read the stats on rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. Some really famous actor raised $20 million plus in donations, to rebuild/rehab houses.
They fixed 110 homes. That's about $182,000 per house.
Using donated materials and volunteer labor.
Makes you wonder where most of the $20 million ended up.
Sure not in housing poor people.
When I volunteered with Habitat for Humanity (2008), we built houses, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, for about $45,000 each. I understand Habitat now builds the same house for about $80,000, so costs have gone up a great deal. Again, that's with volunteer labor and much of the materials are donated.