Louisiana Weekly Housing Update
Release Date: November 14, 2005
Release Number: 1603-155
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- At the close of business on Nov. 11, in Louisiana: 8,375 travel trailers and mobile homes on private, industry, group and commercial sites are occupied; 2,335 units on cruise ships are occupied; 935 FEMA-leased hotel rooms are occupied, and 2,820 units of federal housing provided by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are now occupied.
There are also several housing sites under construction throughout Louisiana. Crews are working continuously to complete these sites in various parishes including Calcasieu, Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson and East Baton Rouge.
The following charts provide detailed information on the types of housing available and a listing of housing units currently occupied by parish.
Cumulative Housing Summary for Louisiana
| Type | Units Occupied |
|---|---|
| Travel Trailer Individual Assistance** |
5,201 |
| Travel Trailer Industry** |
2,594 |
| Mobile Homes | 580 |
| Federal Housing HUD -Housing & Urban Development USDA - United States Dept. of Agriculture |
2,820 |
| FEMA Leased Hotels/Other | 935 |
| Cruise Ships | 2,335 |
| TOTAL: | 14,465 |
**Travel trailers are categorized as Individual Assistance (assistance for affected individuals and families) and Industry (housing assistance for displaced workers who have returned to bring critical facilities back online).
This table shows the parishes with housing units currently occupied.
| PARISH | UNITS OCCUPIED |
|---|---|
| Acadia | 0 |
| Ascension | 31 |
| Assumption | 3 |
| Avoyelles | 27 |
| Beauregard | 13 |
| Bossier | 43 |
| Caddo | 9 |
| Calcasieu | 792 |
| Cameron | 46 |
| Claiborne | 3 |
| Concordia | 56 |
| East Baton Rouge | 749 |
| East Feliciana | 1 |
| Evangeline | 6 |
| Grant | 13 |
| Iberia | 206 |
| Iberville | 2 |
| Jefferson | 2,402 |
| Jefferson Davis | 33 |
| Lafayette | 90 |
| Lafourche | 80 |
| LaSalle | 7 |
| Livingston | 19 |
| Madison | 0 |
| Natchitoches | 17 |
| Orleans | 3,346* |
| Ouachita | 71 |
| Plaquemines | 302 |
| Pointe Coupee | 2 |
| Rapides | 5 |
| Red River | 3 |
| St. Bernard | 679 |
| St. Charles | 199 |
| St. Helena | 1 |
| St. James | 107 |
| St. John the Baptist | 35 |
| St. Landry | 1 |
| St. Martin | 6 |
| St. Mary | 53 |
| St. Tammany | 1,332 |
| Tangipahoa | 139 |
| Terrebonne | 26 |
| Vermillion | 53 |
| Washington | 117 |
| Webster | 0 |
| TOTAL | 11,125* |
*Does not include parish breakdown for federal housing.
FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.
Last Modified: Monday, 14-Nov-2005 16:22:06