Katrina Cottages Not Welcome in Mississippi
Although over 900 families along the Mississippi coast have already moved into the so-called Katrina Cottages, according to this piece, “Post-Katrina cottages get a lukewarm welcome,” all is not well. The cottages, which you’ll remember won Marianne Cusato the Cooper-Hewitt’s People’s Design Award last year, are being kept out by communities that don’t want them to bring down the property value of their recovering neighborhoods:
“The Mississippi cottage is a trailer — except that instead of coming in through the side, you come in through the front,” said Jim Thriffiley, president of the Bay St.
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