Katrina cottage

“Katrina Cottages” are small house plans intended to provide New Orleans residents with simple replacement homes when they needed to quickly rebuild following the devastating Hurricane Katrina. They were designed in styles traditional to the area, scaled-down in size for affordability and the quick construction of many units. Our Katrina Cottage is a quaint 3BR with a Master on the first floor. The pleasing comfort of this design pairs with ease of construction for a popular, economical…

After Hurricane Katrina, more than 20,000 campers and trailers were sent to the Gulf Coast. FEMA has been providing emergency housing, but it was meant to be temporary. This time the areas affected…

For those who don’t remember, after Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) there was an urgent need for housing in the Gulf Coast. Katrina Cottages were an alternative to trailers and temporary housing. A…

With all the natural disasters, the need for affordable housing and the tiny house movement, there has been more interest in Katrina Cottages again. Katrina Cottages are the charming little houses …

The Katrina Cottage is a small 3-bedroom home designed for a working class household in Louisiana who were rendered homeless in the wake of the 2005 hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Mary Anne Cusato and other architects have promoted such designs as ‘The New Economy Home’. Our version is especially suited....

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, architects have been designing prefab, energy-efficient, affordable homes, like the ever-evolving Katrina Cottage.

The small cottages designed to replace FEMA trailers after Hurricane Katrina are popular, so popular that Lowe's has decided to offer them in their stores. "We had so many requests that the company decided to make them available nationwide," said Chris Ahearn, spokeswoman for Lowe's at the company's Mooresville, N.C., corporate office, told the Contra…

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As the demand for smaller homes increases nationwide, the Katrina Cottages - hailed as the new Sears & Roebuck House - continue to gain popularity.