The Katrina Cottage is a small, strong, decorous house that can be delivered at the cost of a FEMA trailer. It arise as a solution for post-disaster home during the Mississippi Renewal Forum, Along with the hundred and seventy participants, there was a dozen architects is there who designed a series of small houses, producting the plans available to the public of Mississippi. These plans are the heart of the series of Katrina Cottages obtainable here.

Several months afterwards, when a significant number of the fema trailers had been installed, it became obvious that the cost was beyond $70,000 per part and that these trailers were quasi-permanent. The Katrina Cottage board was formed to provide design that would make improved use of this funding for the current housing needs after Hurricane Katrina and for future disasters.

The state of mississippi, through the Governor’s place of work for Recovery & Renewal, took the plan to apply for a substantial grant for this purpose. This became a realism with a recently accepted pilot program for all five Gulf states, which allocates $400 million dollars for the quest of designs and skills for future hurricanes. In adding up to this program, President Bush recently sign to Baker Bill, which will allow fema to provide permanent structure after future disasters.