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East Biloxi Housing Assessment
In May of 2006, GCCDS, with the East Biloxi Coordination, Relief & Redevelopment Agency, and scores of volunteers, conducted an assessment of residential properties in East Biloxi.  The maps showing the results of this work helped various nonprofits to target efforts, pursue funding, and measure progress.  The assessment was repeated in December of 2006.

In the summer of 2007, with the help of EBCRRA, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia, and other volunteers, GCCDS expanded the assessment to cover every property in Biloxi East of I-110.  The results of this assessment, along with comparisons to the May 2006 assessment are shown in the maps on this page.

The findings show that, while numerous homes have been repaired or built anew, the number of vacant lots has increased, and the number of remaining potential rehab projects has dwindled.  The maps also identify what many on the ground in Biloxi have intuitively felt, the crucial lack of rental housing in the wake of Katrina.

The housing assessments are supported by HUD’s Universities Rebuilding America Partnership, and the mapping would not be possible without the generous assistance of the GISCorps.

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