It?s official: Miss. gets $275M for Katrina cottages

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/9/7

The “Katrina Cottages” initiative seeks to replace temporary FEMA trailers with more permanent, safer structures better resembling traditional homes.

Mississippi’s alternative housing proposal is a sound, forward- looking plan that was selected among strong competition from other alternative housing proposals submitted by neighboring states,” Lott said in a news release announcing the award.