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FEMA closing trailer parks on eve of hurricane season

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May 28, 2008
        
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BAKER, La. (AP) - The federal government has plenty of reasons to move hundreds of families out of trailers they have occupied since Hurricane Katrina: the start of a new hurricane season, concerns about toxic fumes and the need for residents to find permanent homes. But some worry they'll have... [read full story]                    

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Hundreds of displaced Katrina families sent to hotels

wpmi.com
May 30, 2008
        

BILOXI, Miss. Since Jan. 1, FEMA has moved 710 Mississippi coast households from potentially toxic trailers to hotel rooms where they receive three catered meals each day. "It has been very difficult to find rental units on the...

New Hurricane season starts

dcealumni.com
May 30, 2008
        

New Hurricane season starts The Federal Emergency Management Agency may close the six trailer parks for the risks of hurricane in the state. The parks are located in Louisiana and are operated since August 2005.The another season of...

                   

Group fights park closures as Sunday deadline nears

2theadvocate.com
May 30, 2008
        

NEW ORLEANS — No one wants to live in a FEMA trailer park, but several hundred Louisiana families still residing at Renaissance Village near Baker and five other parks nearly three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita should not be booted from their temporary homes this weekend, park residents...

                   

FEMA Emergency Housing Options Include Pre-Fabricated Cottages

insurancejournal.com
May 30, 2008
        

Disaster victims might one day watch their homes and communities be rebuilt from the cool comfort of a front porch. The porches are a feature of prefabricated cottages designed for Hurricane Katrina's victims as an alternative to travel trailers issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency....

                   

Cottages May Be No Safer Than Trailers

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May 30, 2008
        

The following press release is from the Disaster Accountability Project. The Sierra Club recently tested five “Katrina cottages” being used in Mississippi and found all to contain higher levels of formaldehyde than is recommended for...

FEMA plans to close remaining trailer parks by Sunday

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May 29, 2008
        

FEMA wants to close its last six trailer parks by Sunday, the first day of hurricane season. Those parks, all in Louisiana, are all that remain of the 111 the agency built and operated in the state after the August 2005 hurricane. ... The federal government says it has...

                   

Hurricane season stirs trailer push

telegram.com
May 29, 2008
        

BAKER, La. - The federal government has plenty of reasons to move hundreds of families out of trailers they have occupied since Hurricane Katrina: the start of a new hurricane season, concerns about toxic fumes and the need for residents to find permanent homes.

                   

Cottages May Be No Safer Than [FEMA] Trailers

politicalcortex.com
May 29, 2008
        

With hurricane season beginning on June 1, the Disaster Accountability Project will be reporting this week and next on inadequacies in government preparedness. The Sierra Club recently tested five "Katrina cottages" being used in Mississippi and found all to contain higher levels of formaldehyde...

                   

FEMA Studies Options In Disaster Housing

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May 29, 2008
        

MIAMI | Disaster victims might one day watch their homes and communities be rebuilt from the cool comfort of a front porch. The porches are a feature of prefabricated cottages designed for Hurricane Katrina's victims as an alternative to travel trailers issued by the Federal Emergency Management...

FEMA trying to close its last trailer parks in Louisiana

legitgov.org
May 29, 2008
        

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is trying to close its last six [deadly] trailer parks from Hurricane Katrina by Sunday. Nearly 440 families are still occupying trailers at the six Louisiana group sites, and FEMA estimates that about 380 of them will still be in place Sunday. * * * * *

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