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Published: Fri, June 13, 2008 - 1:23 pm
PEARL, Miss. (AP) - The new federal hurricane recovery chiefsays the amount of housing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is near
pre-Katrina levels. But some officials and advocates living in the
region dispute the claim.
Major General Douglas O'Dell based his comment on currenthousing units and those expected from several projects he said had been initiated by Governor Haley Barbour's administration.
Barbour has said his planned projects are aimed at helping
renters and low-income households, but many have yet to break
ground.
O'Dell was in Mississippi Thursday, visiting with Barbour and
Mike Womack, director of the Mississippi Emergency Management
Agency.
Advocacy groups have complained about the lack of affordable
housing, which they say is hampering the Gulf Coast recovery and
keeping thousands of people from returning to the region that was
devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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