The Katrina Index: Where's the housing?

By Chris Kromm / August 30, 2007

From the Institute's report, Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action, released this week.

The need for housing

Scope of post-Katrina rent increases in Louisiana's and Mississippi's most storm-damaged parishes: 200 percent

Number of rental units available below fair market rents as of August 2007 in Mississippi's Hancock County, Katrina's Ground Zero: 0

Of the 200,000 homes in Louisiana that suffered major or severe damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, number that were rental units: 82,000

Number of Louisiana's storm-damaged rental units on track for rebuilding under state-administered restoration programs: 33,000

Of the 5,100 New Orleans public housing units occupied before Katrina, number that are now occupied: about 1,500

Number of livable public housing units in the city that HUD has slated for demolition: 3,000

Number of planned replacement units that would be affordable to previous residents for which there's rebuilding money: 1,000

Number of hurricane-affected households still living in FEMA trailers: 81,000

Number of those trailers located in FEMA camps, which are home primarily to displaced renters: 13,000

Estimated shortfall in Louisiana's Road Home rebuilding program for homeowners if everyone eligible applied: $5 billion

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