Will "Cash for Clunkers" be followed by "Shekels for Shacks"?

If paying out public money to encourage drivers to trade their servicable older car for a brand new one is such a great idea, perhaps Congress should mail checks to people willing to bulldoze their current home and build a new, energy-efficient one.  Who knows, Maybe the Cash for Clunkers program will be followed by a multi-billion dollar Shekels for Shacks program.