Where is your Neighbor? Celina Cantu, Nancy Pater, Megan Smith

Population ,674 White: 28.1% Black: 67.3% ,829 White: 33.0% Black: 60.2% Population Change : -29.1%

Housing 2000 Total Housing Units 215,091 Occupied Housing Units 188,251 Vacant Housing Units 26,840 Vacancy Rate 2.2% 2010 Total Housing Units 189,896 Occupied Housing Units 142,158 Vacant Housing Units 47,738 Vacancy Rate 4.5%

According to FEMA damage records, 134,564 (72 percent) housing units in Orleans Parish were damaged by Katrina and Rita and the subsequent flooding, of which 78,918 (42 percent) were severely damaged or destroyed.

African American Population: Before and After Katrina BeforeAfter Population325,947 (67.3%)206,985 (60.2%) The Pace of Return to New Orleans Varies for Blacks and Whites Source: RAND Corporation, Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Survey (DNORPS).

African American Population:2000

Displacement Katrina caused one of the largest and most abrupt relocations of people in U.S. history. 1.5 million people aged 16 years and older left their residences in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. As of May 2007, there were still more than 30,000 displaced families scattered across the United States.

Where did the evacuees go? Within a week, Hurricane Katrina displaced more than one million Gulf Coast residents. About half of the evacuees returned to their homes within days of the storm Evacuees were initially sent to: – Shelters – Hotels – Carnival cruise ships

Percentages of Evacuee Displacement Texas 31.4% Tennessee 4.5% Georgia 2.8% Florida 3.0% Arkansas.6% Other States 14.1%

The long-term solution Federal government evacuation plan Airlines began shipping survivors off nationwide Houston received about 240,000 evacuees – a 7% population increase San Antonio, about 30,000 – a 3% increase Phoenix, about 3,000 – less than a 0.5% increase

Displaced Families: Economic implications With high rates of poverty in the misplaced families. – 34 % (89,000) of the African American displaced were considered poor – 14.6% (14,000) of Non-Black persons displaced were considered poor What are the financial implications of misplacement? – Housing – Jobs – Access to food – Necessities (lack of possessions)

FEMA’s housing plan “Because of the unprecedented need for housing and sheltering following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did something it has never done before. FEMA devised a way to meet the immediate emergency sheltering needs of tens of thousands of evacuees fleeing the aftermath of catastrophic storms.” Sheltering and Housing Katrina Evacuees Dec. 15, 2006

FEMA Housing Shelters, hotel rooms, and apartments – FEMA usually lasts no more than 30 days – Available for 6 months from Sept to March 2006 – Extended until August Sheltering program ended Communities Housed Evacuees Chapter 13 :The Racialized Search for Housing Post-Katrina Desert Bayou Families were evacuated to Utah Army Base - Fort Williams

Jobs and Unemployment Unemployment rate for evacuees who did not return was 30.65% Unemployment rate for evacuees who returned was 6.0% Unemployment rate for other unaffected areas nationwide 4.7% Discrimination against Evacuees

Access to Necessities Basic Necessities – Food Transportation – Do they have a car or is the public transportation up and running? Schooling – Only 1 out of 7 schools had been replaced in the Lower Ninth Ward – 86 Public schools (2008) reopened out of 128 schools (2004) Does your neighborhood have a grocery store? Is there even electricity in your homes or trailers? Is eating out ever day a financial option? Do you have transportation to the restaurants? Car or bus? What amenities do you have in your neighborhood?

Social Consequences Family separation Decline in health conditions Education Economic Emotional and mental illness/disorders – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – Anxiety disorders – Depression – SED Serious Emotional Disturbances

Questions added to the Current Population Survey from October 2005 to October 2006 addressed the issue of how Katrina evacuees have fared; blacks, young adults, and the never married were much less likely to return to their homes, and nonreturnees were more likely to be unemployed and to earn less than returnees

Was Coming Home Addressed?

Forgotten People Of evacuees, about 410,000 had not returned to their homes by October 2006 Avg. distance from home was 399 miles

Returners 61.9% returned to their residences 73% returned to their counties Gone for an avg. of 33 days 54 percent of black evacuees returned to their pre-Katrina counties, compared with 82 percent of white evacuees Probability of returning home increases with age

Five Years after Hurricane Katrina, over 100,000 New Orleanians had yet to return home.

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