[StBernard] Most flooded St. Bernard, New Orleans homes rebuilt

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Sat Aug 1 10:45:00 EDT 2009


Most flooded St. Bernard, New Orleans homes rebuilt


NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Through its annual curbside survey conducted in July, the
University of New Orleans Geography Department has found that 61 percent of
the homes in the flooded neighborhoods of New Orleans and in St. Bernard
Parish now appear to be completely renovated or rebuilt.

That figure is up from 47 percent in 2008.

Peter Yaukey, an associate professor of geography, says an additional 10
percent are in the process of being renovated or rebuilt.

Yaukey said in a news release on Friday that 12 percent of the properties
surveyed are now empty lots where homes have been demolished and removed.
Seventeen percent of the properties were gutted or derelict.

Less than 1 percent (0.6 percent) continue to have trailers, provided by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.




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