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Thursday, November 29, 2007


Over two years later, Katrina refugees are still living in trailers. Well, not after tomorrow.
Dozens of Hurricane Katrina victims still living in FEMA trailer parks will have to find new housing by Friday, as the agency works to shutter the temporary facilities it set up after the 2005 storm.

The move is intended to help the hurricane victims move into more stable, permanent housing, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. But advocates worry that a housing shortage in the still-recovering area could leave some struggling to find a place to live.
This may not be a fair assessment, but something tells me that if you're living in Federally funded housing over two years after being displaced by the storm, you were probably living in Federally funded housing before the storm as well, and will continued to live in Federally funded housing for a long, long time. Which makes it even more difficult to understand the downside to getting rid of these trailers.



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