This article discusses how the Extreme Makeover: HomeEditionUStelevision reality program, which focuses on rebuilding houses for those in need,sets unrealistic boundaries for the American Dream’s standard of living oflow-income homeowners in the United States. Passing through economic hardshipin the past several years, it is important to study how this program can meet thereal expectations of t...

Program theory reconstruction is an often-overlooked aspect of social intervention research. In this paper, we argue that research benefits if the design informed by specific intervention's program (i.e., idea how supposed to lead intended outcomes). The purpose paper offer a comprehensive and accessible guide in on interventions provide arguments as can be used benefit studies. First, summariz...