Replacing lost housing is off to a slow start

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2006 | by Mindy Fetterman

One idea for new housing in the post-hurricane, post-flood New Orleans is a tiny yellow "Katrina Cottage" that can withstand a hurricane's winds. If it gets wet inside, you just hose it out -- no mold. It will cost about $35,000.

Another is a 20,000-lot development with "New Orleans-style" homes on a farm next to a golf course in a neighboring suburb. The homes will cost from $150,000 to $250,000.

A third is an "urban loft" condo development with a pool on the roof at the edge of the Warehouse District near the French Quarter. Prices not announced.

And the flashiest: A gleaming steel-and-glass tower, 70 stories high, with condos that will cost much more than any of the above. It would be the tallest building in Louisiana. The name on the tower: Trump....