Formally constructed or supplied temporary housing, especially that offered by international agencies, has been criticized for being unnecessary, too expensive, too late, too long-lasting and drawing resources away from permanent reconstruction. In fact, many researchers have said that in the developing country context, specifically in tropical countries, temporary housing is often not necessary and should be skipped altogether in favour of accelerated permanent reconstruction. In these situations, housing is often not the most important good and other factors such as jobs and access to land may be more vital to recovery.  However, the necessity of temporary housing is more prevalent in industrialised nations because of the living standards of the country, or where there may be climatic risks {Comerio 1998, UNDRO 1982}.  In these situations, temporary housing cannot be avoided without negative repercussions on recovery {Comerio 1998}.
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