Earth Construction: Alternative Building Strategies for More Equitable Housing

The US Gulf South is currently experiencing a housing crisis that has been intensified by increasingly severe storms fueled by climate change, the high cost of industrialized building materials, and a shortage of construction workers. Can locally available materials such as cost effective and sustainable earthen mediums, which are often overlooked compared to more industrialized materials, be utilized by minimally trained individuals to construct enduring residential structures suitable to hot wet climates?