Homes can be designed for less damage in windstorms, often without much more cost. AP Photo/Chris Carlson

Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way

In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy specialist found people often overestimating the cost of building back better.

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