Information for people with disabilities and their families who have
been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Housing
- FEMA Accessible Trailers - pdf 788kb
- Bazelon Center Housing Alert - Of more than 300,000 housing units destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) estimates that 71 percent were occupied by people earning 80 percent or less of median income for their area-many of them with mental or physical disabilities. More Information >>
- Louisiana Realtor's Web Site
- Emergency Housign for Children with Autism - Peg Pickering, the mother of a child with autistm, has arranged for emergency housing for children with autism and their families at Camp Yocona in Toccopola, MS. More Information >>
- HUD Establishes Single Toll-Free Number (1-888-297-8685) To Help Disaster Victims With All Housing Concerns - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today announced that HUD has established a single toll-free number, 1-888-297-8685, to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. More Information >>
- Katrina Volunteer and Housing Opportunities - This is a housing services hub for Katrina victims. You can offer up housing space for victims, or hurricane survivors can search for available rooms/houses/apts/etc. This site is working in cooperation with support organizations.
- How to report available housing units to HUD and to the Department of Homeland Security
- Alabama Vacanies - pdf
- Mississippi Vacanies - pdf
- Winn Homeland Security List - pdf
- Hurricane Housing - database of homes volunteered by individuals
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Underwriting and Servicing Policies to Assist Victims of Presidentially-Declared Major Disaster Areas. More Information >>
- HUD's Response to Hurricane Katrina - HUD has established a toll-free number (866-641-8102) for the public to get information on housing needs. More Information >>