Hurricane Katrina cottages News

The City of Greenwood, Miss., has approval to donate small homes to a nonprofit organization for low-income housing. Senate Bill 2918 was signed Monday by Gov. Phil Bryant. The city has 26 Katrina cottages, small homes used to provide housing …

Louisiana’s $75 million “Katrina cottages” program took years longer than expected to build homes for hurricane-displaced residents and paid significantly more per house than similar nonprofit programs, according to an audit released Monday. The federally-funded, but state-run housing initiative had …