Louisiana Weekly Housing Update
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Release Number: 1603-472
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NEW ORLEANS, La. -- At the close of business on May 6 there were 67,104 FEMA occupied travel trailers and mobile homes on private, industrial, group and commercial sites, and 3,113 occupied federal housing resources provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The following charts provide detailed information on the types of temporary housing available and a listing, by parish, of housing units currently occupied:
| Type | Units Occupied |
|---|---|
Travel Trailer & Mobile Home |
67,104* |
| Federal Housing HUD - Housing & Urban Development USDA - United States Dept. of Agriculture |
3,113 |
| TOTAL: | 70,217 |
Travel trailers and mobile homes are categorized as Individual Assistance (assistance for affected individuals and families).
| PARISH | UNITS CCUPIED |
|---|---|
| Acadia | 88 |
| Allen | 49 |
| Ascension | 171 |
| Assumption | 56 |
| Avoyelles | 90 |
| Beauregard | 311 |
| Bienville | 2 |
| Bossier | 57 |
| Caddo | 108 |
| Calcasieu | 4,627 |
| Caldwell | 1 |
| Cameron | 889 |
| Catahoula | 11 |
| Claiborne | 4 |
| Concordia | 94 |
| DeSoto | 5 |
| East Baton Rouge | 1,737 |
| East Carroll | 4 |
| East Feliciana | 30 |
| Evangeline | 57 |
| Franklin | 2 |
| Grant | 16 |
| Iberia | 929 |
| Iberville | 33 |
| Jefferson | 17,976 |
| Jefferson Davis | 372 |
| La Salle | 20 |
| Lafayette | 320 |
| Lafourche | 420 |
| Lincoln | 8 |
| Livingston | 455 |
| Madison | 3 |
| Morehouse | 5 |
| Natchitoches | 31 |
| Orleans | 12,748 |
| Ouachita | 117 |
| Plaquemines | 3,413 |
| Pointe Coupee | 73 |
| Rapides | 51 |
| Red River | 11 |
| Richland | 2 |
| Sabine | 24 |
| St. Bernard | 5,646 |
| St. Charles | 832 |
| St. Helena | 159 |
| St. James | 146 |
| St. John the Baptist | 335 |
| St. Landry | 126 |
| St. Martin | 85 |
| St. Mary | 200 |
| St. Tammany | 9,674 |
| Tangipahoa | 783 |
| Tensas | 8 |
| Terrebonne | 943 |
| Union | 20 |
| Vermillion | 1,322 |
| Vernon | 79 |
| Washington | 743 |
| Webster | 8 |
| W. Baton Rouge | 7 |
| West Carroll | 3 |
| West Feliciana | 4 |
| Winn | 1 |
| TOTAL | 66,548 |
* Total occupied units include 556 Louisiana Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees who have placed their travel trailer or mobile home in Mississippi or Alabama.
FEMA manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.