Housing for Those Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Giving credit where credit is due, the hard-left activist group MoveOn.org is doing some concrete good in this matter. They've set up a site to find housing for the displaced at HurricaneHousing.org. It originally focused on areas within 300 miles of the damaged areas and the Houston Astrodome evac center, but the displaced are already being moved out to other states to relieve the overcrowding. I'll note that the US Salvation Army has this as the direct link on their website.

Other sites are:
Katrina Volunteer and Housing Opportunities
Adopt a Storm Family

And a word to the wise: I have seen numerous complaints on the internet that the Red Cross kept about 90% of the some $1 billion it collected for 9-11, allocating it for "research projects" instead of sending it to the people the donors intended to have it. Many now refuse to donate to them because of this, and are instead sending their donations to the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities,
America's Second Harvest and other charity/relief organizations.

If you decide to donate to the Red Cross, earmark your donation specifically for the relief effort, so it doesn't get stuffed into a slush fund, instead.