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    Mississippi 33 Months Later

    Saturday, July 05, 2008

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    • More than 90,000 housing units in Mississippi suffered major damage or were destroyed by Katrina
    • 22,675 people in Mississippi still receive housing assistance
    • 6,844 FEMA trailers are still in operation in Mississippi and 1/3 of FEMA trailer occupants are elderly and/or disabled
    • 472 households are living in hotels and motels awaiting permanent housing
    • 912 households are receiving FEMA rental assistance
    • 53% of recipients of FEMA direct housing assistance were homeowners pre-Katrina
    • 1% of recipients of FEMA direct housing assistance had ever previously received housing assistance
    • 165 units (2%) of a total of 5,624 units awarded tax credits in the lower three counties have been built and occupied since Katrina
    • 9 developments awarded tax credits have been denied permits, preventing the construction of over 850 units of affordable rental housing
    • Wages have remained stable while the median sales price of single-family homes has risen 40% from pre-Katrina prices
    • Homeowner insurance rates have increased 91% since Katrina
     

     

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      Warm Welcome Gulf Coast, an initiative of Back Bay Mission, is an outreach campaign to position affordable housing as critical to rebuilding the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Learn More.
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    Mississippi 4 Years Later

    • More than 90,000 housing units in Mississippi suffered major damage or were destroyed by Katrina
    • 5,908 people in Mississippi still receive disaster housing assistance
    • 529 FEMA trailers are still in operation in Mississippi
    • 58% of recipients of FEMA direct housing assistance were homeowners pre-Katrina; less than 3/4 of those families have been able to rebuild their homes
    • Less than 1% of recipients of FEMA direct housing assistance had ever previously received public housing assistance
    • 1142 units (22%) of a total of 5,261 units awarded tax credits in the lower six counties have completed construction since Katrina
    • The State’s Long Term Workforce Housing Program is projected to produce 4,831 new or rehabilitated affordable housing units
    • Mississippi's Small Rental Assistance Program forecast the production of 6,500 affordable units; 1,800 units have been approved to date
    • MS recently requested and received an additional 5,000 housing vouchers to meet unmet housing affordability needs
    • Wages have remained stable while the median sales price of single-family homes and average rents have risen 40% from pre-Katrina prices
    • Homeowner insurance rates have increased 91% since Katrina

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    United Church of Christ symbolWarm Welcome Gulf Coast is an initiative of Back Bay Mission, a Biloxi-based agency of the United Church of Christ.