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Financing for Katrina Cottages

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State contractors have completed more than 119 "Katrina cottages" and more than 230 are still under construction as part of a long-planned, often-panned alternative housing program financed by federal recovery money that flowed after the 2005 hurricane season.

Louisiana Recovery Authority Director Paul Rainwater told a legislative panel Tuesday that the program will be completed in 2010, without risk of the state losing the $75 million that the Federal Emergency Management Agency first awarded to Louisiana in December 2006. None of the completed houses is occupied, though case managers began an outreach in September to prospective individuals and families who are without reliable housing four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Of the completed units, 59 are at Jackson Barracks, the headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard. Construction continues at the barracks on 32 multifamily units. All of those structures will be reserved for employees of the state Military Department.

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