HUD's Response to Hurricane Katrina

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Environment; Social conditions

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Hurricane Katrina resulted in the displacement of tens of thousands of families from their homes. While the storm's magnitude is unprecedented in the United States, the resulting need to shelter and house displaced families is not. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the nation's agency with a mission to provide safe and decent housing for all Americans, has played a role in meeting those needs in the past and is playing a role in the wake of Katrina. This report tracks the Department's initial actions as well as proposals to expand the Department's role; it will be updated.