Usually when people's houses burn down, they take stock of their life and focus on fulfilling the most important needs - food, clean water, toiletries, basic clothing, a warm place to sleep. Hopefully this person had time to grab important things such as identification, laptops, important papers, etc during the fire. Once all that is secured, they may go through the remnants of their house if possible and salvage what valuables they can - photo albums, childhood mementos, and other items of sentimental value. Generally it is accepted that once such items are lost, they can not be replaced unless there was foresight to place such items in a fire-proof safe. If important papers such as birth certificates, identification, or passports have been lost in the fire, this is generally next on the list of items to obtain/replace after basic needs.
Time for finding a new home varies depending on each individual, their previous situation, and future needs (single person vs a whole family, apartment vs a full house, etc, as well as funding, insurance money, and so on) Once the person(s) are settled into their new home, it is understandable that they may want to return to their former quality of life by replacing certain items that have been lost, like entertainment systems, vidya, and such, but generally people will wait a while for luxuries, as it takes a while to recover from a fire financially unless you're rich or had a really good insurance plan As we all know, losing your house in a fire is devastating, even if we have never experienced this for ourselves.
Usually people who survive a house fire will have a new look on life, realize what is really important (a support network, friends, etc) and what one really needs in life to be comfortable, when you are in a situation where such items as a warm place to sleep or clean underwear is not so easily accessible (especially after the fire eats your bed and underwear) it teaches you what you can live with and live without.
It's clear at this point that Chris has learned NOTHING. I shouldn't be surprised, but I am still disgusted.