EAST BILOXI HOUSING ASSESSMENT

For three years, GCCDS, in partnership with the East Biloxi Coordination, Relief & Redevelopment Agency, and scores of volunteers, has completed an annual assessment of residential properties in East Biloxi.  The maps and figures documenting the results have helped various nonprofits to target their relief efforts, pursue program funding, and measure their progress. 

With three years of data (2006, 2007, and 2008), GCCDS can now create maps showing changes in the area over time. The results of the three assessments 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 conintues to increase, 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.