Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv Rebuilding Homes and Lives: Progressive Options for Housing Policy Post-Katrina     Email    Printer-Friendly New Vision Institute, Center for American Progress, 10/12/2005 Link to Report (PDF) The destruction of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina has left more than 250,000 families homeless, and has devastated the infrastructure of New Orleans and surrounding areas. The question for policymakers is how to rebuild homes and lives, to not only provide shelter and replace lost housing stock, but to do so in a way that creates opportunity and builds sustainable communities. This brief offers a series of policy options, based in research and successful practice, which will allow policymakers to effectively and pragmatically respond to the housing crisis produced by Katrina. Ordering Information: New Vision Institute, Center for American Progress Copyright 2008 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430