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Issue Date: January 24, 2008
File: IED-08-001

Title: Evaluation of Community Development Block Grant and Public and Indian Housing Funding of Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction, Biloxi Housing Authority Risk Assessment

We completed a risk assessment of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), and other funding associated with Katrina Public Housing reconstruction on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Our objectives were (1) to identify the source, amounts, and disposition of disaster relief funding and (2) to assess the "overlap" risk associated with the multiple funding sources and the extent to which there may be duplication of planned uses for the funds or inappropriate obligations.

We focused our fieldwork and evaluation on the Biloxi Housing Authority and its Katrina recovery activities because of the severity of damage and the multi-million-dollar cost of restoring public housing in the city.