The City Council in Biloxi, Mississippi, voted in late December to allow “Mississippi Cottages” — state-supplied versions of Katrina Cottages — to remain permanently in some parts of the Gulf Coast community. Both Biloxi and the smaller city of Pass Christian are requiring the one-bedroom dwellings to be placed on permanent foundations by May 1, the HeraldSun reported. New urbanists have contended that cottages, if well-designed and equipped with a usable porch, can be livable despite their size.