A hoop house specialist at Michigan State University, Adam Montri,has videos on YouTube explaining how to build one.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

He said Americans would always build a house but then move before they put a roof on it.

他说,美国人盖房子,总是在还没有盖上屋顶时就搬走了

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It did not cost much to build. And it did not look like a traditional house in America.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

But solving them cost money. A farmer could get wood to build his house.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Allieu would like to build a new house for Jusu, but he does not have the means right now.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

I paid off as much as I could." Zahwe Samouni had little cash left and was unable to find enough construction materials, but she managed to build a two-room cinderblock house.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"We see it as a racist statement to say that the Jews can't have children, or that Jews can't build their houses, or the Jews can't add a room onto their house because they want to have a larger house,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.29