The number of the FEMA trailers resting on the Coast had dropped to 3,690 by June 27, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.

That’s a reduce of approximately 60 percent as January, while there were 9,137 trailers.

Central housing programs managed by the state have helped Katrina survivors discover permanent homes. The Mississippi progress Authority has handed out more than $1.6 billion in landowner Assistance Grants to more than 21,000 homeowners, according to the most recent figures from Gov. Haley Barbour’s office.

Three other federal Community Development Block Grant programs are planned to present incentives to those who construct or put back reasonable housing and rental units on the Coast. Those projects are now beginning.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency also has provided 2,720 Katrina cottages throughout the federal substitute Housing Program.