"Tony Hwang" wrote in message

By no attic he probably means just a 2X2 access hatch in a closet and
just a crawlspace thru the trusses with no floor...One wrong step and
your thru the ceiling...Been there done that , got the tee shirt...He
probably didn't see it when he toured the house....Pretty common in
Modular(double wides) and cheap stick built ranches on a slab....

Hmmm,
Little better than a big tent?
I just can't believe No. 1 powerful country like U.S. has houses like
that??? Are they built per code? Fire, flood, quake, general safety, all
that.

Tens of thousands of them. Maybe hundreds of thousands of them.

In some locations there is so much ledge it is just not possible to make a
hole in the ground. It would be blasting out solid rock. Other parts of
the country have high water tables and it would be like building a house
over a swimming pool. Those modestly cost houses made the American dream
come true for many families.