HUD OKs diverting Katrina housing funds
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The federal government on Friday approved Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing funds to a port improvement project, angering critics who say tens of thousands of people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina still need help.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 13  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 18 months after Hurricane Katrina swept over the Gulf Coast, Habitat for Humanity is closing in on its initial 1,000-house goal to help low-income families displaced by the storm.
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Louisiana's grant program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes is giving money to thousands who weren't supposed to be eligible, the White House's hurricane recovery czar testified Thursday.
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Nearly 10,000 emergency housing trailers that were intended to be sent to the Gulf Coast to help Hurricane Katrina victims have been freed up for other uses.
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The federal government said Wednesday it will demolish some of the largest public housing projects in New Orleans, using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help improve poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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By Eric Hanson, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 8--State and federal money will finance the construction of a stone barrier to help block further erosion in the Village of Surfside where the surf has eaten away the sand and put dozens of beach homes in the water.
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The government is squandering tens of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina disaster help, in some cases doling out housing payments to people living rent-free, investigators said  yesterday.
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As billions in housing aid begins to flow in New Orleans, most of it will go to homeowners, leaving renters on their own.
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A Louisiana federal judge has ruled  many New Orleans homeowners whose houses sustained water damage  after Hurricane Katrina are not excluded from coverage under  their insurance policies, a judgment that represents a loss for  the insurance industry.
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A federal regulator yesterday suggested that a measure that would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to take on jumbo mortgages could divert loan money from less expensive housing.
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A federal judge has ruled that thousands of homeowners flooded after Hurricane Katrina can move forward with their attempts to seek compensation from insurers, a ruling that runs counter to a previous federal court decision.
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The Legislative Budget Board approved using $591 million in state funds for health and human services programs for the poor. The board endorsed funding that was announced last week by Gov.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has changed its policy and will provide some reimbursement for homeowners who spent their own money to elevate hurricane-damaged houses above flood level.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 10--HARRISON COUNTY -- County leaders have given the green light to a new alternative-housing pilot program.   The plan is to provide FEMA trailer residents with safer and better-designed emergency homes.
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The Bush administration, trying to deal with a worsening housing slump, announced a new initiative Tuesday aimed at helping homeowners about to lose their homes
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Dan Oestreicher is a 23-year-old saxophone player, not long out of college, who has lived with friends since Hurricane Katrina&#039;s floodwater drove him from his apartment. A new housing program aims to turn him into a homeowner.
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Government announces grants to help local authorities affected by recent floods.