Disastrous Burdens: Hurricane Katrina, Federal Housing Assistance, and Well-Being

Zip Code Distribution of Applications and Denial Rates After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in New Orleans

Source: Authors’ calculations based on FEMA FOIA data (FEMA 2019).

Note: Poverty = the proportion of adults (ages eighteen to sixty-five) living below the poverty line.

POC = proportion of the population who are people of color (all except non-Hispanic White). We refer readers of the print edition of this article to https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/5/122 to view the color version.

OLS Models Regressing Post-Disaster Mental Well-Being on FEMA Aid Application Status

Source: Authors’ calculations based on Resilience in Survivors of Katrina Project (Waters 2016).

Note: N = 354. Point estimates and 95 percent confidence intervals displayed. Models use robust standard errors.

FEMA Aid and Individual Measures in K-6 Scale

Source: Authors’ tabulation based on the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina Project (Waters 2016).

Note: Results from fully adjusted models that control for all variables in model 2.

Reference group is Approval.