and he s pulled together so many amazing people in not just new orleans but there are certainly people throughout the gulf who as a result of their grit and fortitude and resilience have rebuilt. we ve seen small businesses grow by 40% compared to other small businesses in the gulf. 60% compared to the rest of the country. these entrepreneurs who want to get back and contribute to the community. one of the many efforts we have been engaged in is rebuilding the housing. we have rebuilt 98% of the public housing that was lost as a result of katrina and we have doubled the number of low income units in the community. i think one of the concerns that people have raised is as the community starts to experience a rebirth, are the people who are most vulnerable in need of that housing losing their housing. so doubling those low income units was very important. but i would also hasten to add, chris, we still have a long way to go. ten years seems like a long time, but as many have commented, m
in fact it turns out that he had almost no management training. this as the washington post is also reporting today that the other top fema officials also had very little background in anything other than public relations. this also comes while there are serious questions about the delayed response to the hurricane disaster. almost two weeks after katrina hit, a clearer picture about what went wrong. much of the public outcry is aimed at fema, the federal disaster agency. brownie, you re doing a heck of a job. reporter: michael brown is a political appointee, previously commissioner of the international arabian horse association, time magazine investigated claims on his official white house bio. the biggest discrepancy we found among several was the fact that the white house release listed him as an assistant city manager for the city of edmond, oklahoma, from 1975 to 1978, saying that during this time he
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units in the community. i think one of the concerns that people have raised is as the community starts to experience a rebirth, are the people who are most vulnerable in need of that housing losing their housing. so doubling those low income units was very important. but i would also hasten to add, chris, we still have a long way to go. ten years seems like a long time, but as many have commented, many of the challenges that we saw in new orleans and throughout the gulf began long before katrina hit. what katrina did was to put a national spotlight on an ongoing challenge. and so what the president has committed to do since day one is to ensure that every american has opportunity. we improve our school system, we make college more affordable, we help our small businesses particularly grow and expand. and the government is there to cut red tape. we re there to streamline the process. we re there to be a productive partner and certainly not an obstacle. there s been a lot of
it s been ten years since katrina hit. devastating communities in louisiana and mississippi, across the gulf coast. in the days following its land fall, more than 1800 of our fellow citizens, men, women and children lost their lives. some folks in this room may have lost a loved one in that storm. thousands of people saw their homes destroyed. livelihoods wiped out. hopes and dreams shattered. many scattered in an exodus to cities across the country. and too many still haven t returned. those two state and live d