Gov. John Bel Edwards unveils new plans for Louisiana flood recovery housing

State leaders are responding to the housing crunch that has followed mass flooding across South Louisiana with a three-pronged plan to assist flood victims shift into the next phase of housing needs, including bringing in temporary manufactured housing units, as was done in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

More than 2,000 people remain in shelters, and already 120,000 households have applied for disaster assistance from the federal government, after deadly floods that have left thousands of people displaced from their homes.

Leaders have spent the past week working to craft a plan for how to aid people who cannot immediately return to their flood-damaged homes, with Gov. John Bel Edwards often stressing the need to tailor a program to the flood victims' needs.

News that the plan would include mobile homes didn't come as a surprise, but officials remained light on details Wednesday in announcing it.

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