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Associated Press
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Published: Sat, May 10, 2008 - 1:42 pm
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials estimate the state needsbetween $100 million to $110 million - double its allocated federal
aid - to address persistent housing needs in 22 counties declared
disaster areas from Hurricane Katrina.
Officials from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas updated
members of Congress on their use of federal Katrina relief funds at
a Thursday hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
A written statement to the subcommittee was the first public
acknowledgment of Alabama's additional need, which partly was
prompted by finding more storm victims seeking assistance.
Mississippi received nearly $5.5 billion in disaster aid, with
about 72 percent of it going for housing recovery, according to
Jack Norris, the director of Mississippi's recovery effort.
Norris told the committee that much of the federal assistance
needed to address the projects and policies identified in state and
local plans has been procured.
He said the state now finds itself "fully in the implementation
and closeout phase of recovery."
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