• Project Overview
• Project Specifications
• Grant Information
• Case Study
• Quality of Life

Project Overview

The Mississippi Alternative Housing Pilot Program (MAHP) is comprised of two distinct projects - the Mississippi Park Model / Cottage Project and the Eco Cottage Project.

Both projects are single-family disaster housing alternatives that can serve as temporary or permanent units. The housing solutions  in this project demonstrate thoughtful attention to the variety of sites FEMA uses in a disaster housing mission-private lots, group sites and commercial properties - as well as the diverse needs of the families FEMA serves

Project Specifications

• Single Family
• Manufactured and modular housing
• Temporary to permanent
• Individual, commercial, and group sites
• Local and HUD code compliant
• Eco Cottage uses green building technologies

Grant Information

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
www.msema.org

Award Amount: $281,318,612

Case Study

• Developing A More Viable Disaster Housing Unit: A Case Study of the Mississippi Alternative Housing Program (PDF 37MB, TXT 253KB)
  • Title Page (PDF 550KB)
  • Executive Summary (PDF 1.5MB)
  • Chapter 1 (PDF 7.2MB)
  • Chapter 2 (PDF 5.2MB)
  • Chapter 3 (PDF 2.7MB)
  • Chapter 4 (PDF 287KB)
  • Chapter 5 (PDF 266KB)
  • Endnotes (PDF 162KB)
  • Attachment 1 Part 1 (PDF 6.7MB)
  • Attachment 1 Part 2 (PDF 8.5MB)
  • Attachment 1 Part 3 (PDF 4.8MB)
  • Attachment 2 (PDF 129KB)
  • Attachment 3 (PDF 364KB)

Quality of Life

•  Assessing Quality of Life in the Mississippi Cottage (PDF 7MB, TXT 345KB)