Katrina Hit N.O. Renters Hard, Survey Says

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DALLAS The majority of households affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were renters, while homeowners bore the brunt of the storm elsewhere in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to Integras, a division of market researcher Claritas.

Only 47 percent of New Orleans’ households were owned by their occupants, according to recent analysis by Integras. Of the 616,000 households affected by the hurricane throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, 61 percent were owned by their occupants, compared to 67 percent nationally, the researchers said.

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