STATUS SNAPSHOT 

 Gulf Coast Relocation Update Relocation Update 

 

As of: 2000 hrs., April 09, 2009 As of: 2000 hrs., April 09, 2009 

 

Aggregate Households Gulf-Wide That Received Temporary Housing 



 

137,301 households received FEMA-provided temporary housing units in the Gulf Coast. 

 

Current Households Gulf-Wide Receiving Temporary Housing 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,442 households currently occupy FEMA-provided temporary housing units in the Gulf Coast. 

 

 


LA91,89167%
MS45,41033%
PM3,7073%
MH10,8488%
TT122,74689%
Commercial12,5589%
Industrial3,1922%
Group11,8429%
Private109,70980%

Relocation Status 



 

On a daily basis, FEMA case managers actively call and visit households to encourage them to relocate 
to hotel/motel, and/or alternate housing. The chart below tracks progress over the last four weeks with 
the previous two months also displayed for comparative purposes. 

 

Household Relocation Progress7,5386,4905,7025,5185,3268,3667,1776,3426,1415,9375,7655,6395,49951606839393939395455535585725845896277605,0474,9155,16
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,00010,0001-Jan-091-Feb-091-Mar-091-Apr-09Remaining Numberof HouseholdsGroup SitesCommercial SitesPrivate SitesTotal 


 

 

Households have several options when relocating from Temporary Housing Units including: move 
immediately into a Hotel/Motel for health concerns, be processed for rental assistance through HUD’s 
Disaster Housing Assistance Program, or receive a Mississippi Cottage through the Alternative 
Housing Pilot Program. The chart below represents the relocation decisions each household has made 
to date. 

 

Relocation Progress 

 

Louisiana 

Mississippi 

Total 

Hotel/Motel - Cumulative 

2,407 

1,376 

3,783 

Current Households Moved to Hotel/Motel * 

86 

88 

174 

Rental Assistance - CLC and DHAP 

12,552 

2,994 

15,546 

Left Program 

73,281 

37,455 

110,736 

Moved to AHPP 

0 

2,825 

2,825 

Returned to DD 

2,545 

33 

2,578 

Total 

88,464 

43,395 

131,859 



 

*—The current number, instead of the total number, is captured as to not duplicate household numbers. Once a 
household moves out of the hotel/motel, their final housing option will be captured.