Disaster housing response update

HUD has a Katrina resource page up now and a central toll-free number for the displaced, 1-800-955-2232. Secretary Jackson is to promote volunteerism in St. Louis this evening. He was to discuss faith-based responses there this morning. He has also called on the Conference of Mayors to help.

[UPDATE Tues.: There's apparently a new HUD number for hurricane victims to call: 1-888-297-8675.]

There's also this: "...Though the cost would be "astronomical," the federal government is considering providing housing assistance to all displaced Gulf Coast residents,regardless of income, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson said in an interview..."

Other housing responses:
- In San Antonio
- In Texarkana
- In Tucson
- In Philadelphia
- Trouble conveying housing offers
- GovExec federal response roundup
- The silver lining for builders

...but please use the comments spaces here to tell us what's happening with housing in your area, OK?