Members of the local Choctaw tribe moved from Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebonne Parish into an enclave of about two dozen homes – so far – about 40 miles away in Gray.
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Question of the Day Executive Director of the Louisiana Office of Community Development views construction at The New Isle subdivision in Gray, La., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Nine of the residents who are leaving the eroding and sinking island in southern Terrebonne toured their . more > By KEZIA SETYAWAN and The Courier - Associated Press - Saturday, April 10, 2021
ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. (AP) - Isle de Jean Charles residents got to see their future homes for the first time Wednesday.
Nine of the residents who are leaving the eroding and sinking island in southern Terrebonne toured their new homes in the The New Isle subdivision on Bayou Blue Bypass Road, where Gray meets Schriever.
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Isle de Jean Charles residents view future homes for the first time
Isle de Jean Charles residents got to see their future homes for the first time Wednesday.
Nine of the residents who are leaving the eroding and sinking island in southern Terrebonne toured their new homes in the The New Isle subdivision on Bayou Blue Bypass Road, where Gray meets Schriever.
The state received $48.3 million to resettle current and former residents, with $11.7 million used to purchase the 515-acre property, on higher ground about 40 miles north of the island.
The plan calls for current island residents or those who moved away after Hurricane Isaac in 2012 to have houses built for them using the grant money. Those who lived on the island but moved away before Isaac will get lots on which they can build their own homes.
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