Archive for the ‘Katrina housing impact’ Category
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Posted on Mon, May. 12, 2008
Coastians still lack housing
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
mmnewsom@sunherald.com
-- Locals say the thousands of volunteers expected to pour into the area to build single-family homes this week are sorely needed, because, though it has been almost ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Excerpt taken from Housing Predictor: http://www.housingpredictor.com/mississippi.html
More than two dozen condominium projects planned for Biloxi are in a wait and see mode. Some 4,000 condo units were planned before Katrina and now there are 12,000 units under proposal, which would turn the city into a condo haven.
A special federal and state ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download the full print article:sh-coast-makes-a-turn-for-the-better.pdf
Growth this year in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area should "easily outpace" the national economy, says a new report by Moody's Economy.com. The analysis of the area's strengths and weaknesses, prepared at the end of last year, said the economy in Harrison, Hancock and Stone counties "took ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY
Communities along the Gulf Coast are moving to banish the government-issued trailers that house tens of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by the devastating hurricanes in 2005.
Those cities and parishes are shutting down impromptu trailer parks set up after the disaster, telling homeowners they ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Source: Sun Herald
By MEGHA SATYANARAYANA
megha@sunherald.com
PEARLINGTON -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday held the first of eight public meetings along the Mississippi Gulf Coast regarding its study on formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers and mobile homes.
Based on its findings, CDC recommended FEMA remove all remaining people from ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Impact Statewide Pascagoula MSA
Destroyed 68,729 23,390
Major Damage 65,237 16,950
Minor Damage 100,318 9,300
Affected ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Impact Statewide Biloxi-Gulfport MSA
Destroyed 68,729 41,090
Major Damage 65,237 19,510
Minor Damage 100,318 36,305
Affected ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Thu Feb 14, 7:43 AM ET
ATLANTA - U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.
Fumes from 519 ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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2 October 2007
Some, though not all, residents fear that a Corps of Engineers study of clearing lowlands will risk ending their way of life.
By Jenny Jarvie
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. — This coastal resort town is on the front line of a project to gauge support for a mass ...
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