House raising
House raising (house lifting, house jacking, barn jacking, building jacking) is the process of separating a building from its foundation and temporarily raising it with hydraulic screw jacks. The process is the first step in structure relocation in which the building is moved to a different location. House raising may also be a part of a renovation to build a foundation under an existing house or make a house larger by building a new floor level creating a two story house. Often employed in areas that are prone to flooding and storm damage, this process can be achieved through the use of either timber piles or helical piles. Once a house is raised and supported on cribbing, a new foundation can be constructed beneath it. After Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy large numbers of houses in parts of Louisiana, New York and New Jersey were raised to avoid future flooding.
Viet House Foundation
Viet House Foundation is an effort to raise funds to build basic houses in Vietnam for the poor people, usually impoverished single moms with small children living in deplorable huts. It was launched on the day after Thanksgiving Day in 2014. Within 3 weeks, it received enough donation to build the very first house which was transferred to the recipient in March 2015 in Can Gio, Vietnam. Within 2015, the foundation built three houses and got a start on Viet House #4.