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May 9, 2008

House Dems hold hearing into Barbour’s use of storm grants

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/9/8 House Democrats on Thursday questioned Gov. Haley Barbour’s use of billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery grants, saying too little was done to rebuild low-income rental housing and help low-income homeowners. “Frankly, I’m not convinced that the state has met all of its housing needs,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., chairwoman…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 9, 2008

$600M port plan taken to task

The Sun Herald, 5/9/8 Mississippi’s plans to transfer $600 million from post-Katrina housing assistance to restore the Port of Gulfport came under scrutiny in a congressional hearing Thursday as three lawmakers said the diversion hurts efforts to provide desperately needed housing for the state’s poor. Jack Norris, who heads Gov. Haley Barbour’s office for hurricane…