Federal judge orders one-month extension of FEMA hotel program

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Federal judge rules FEMA cannot end hotel program for hurricane refugees until February 7, a month later than planned.


http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051212/APN/512120680

[oneighty]

1. FEMA

Can stop paying the rent as it were. But the people living in hotels will then have to be evicted from their 'homes'.

Having had rental property that could take some time as the law protects the renters.

Hahahahaha I would like to say. Maybe.

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2. In Texas

The laws do not protect the renters.
I think that quite a few evacuees are here.

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3. FEMA told to keep paying Katrina hotel bills

A program that put Hurricane Katrina evacuees in hotels at government expense while they sought other housing must be extended until Feb. 7, a month beyond the deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a federal judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval's temporary restraining order came in a class-action lawsuit filed in November by advocates for hurricane victims. Attorneys pressing the lawsuit said FEMA should not be allowed to end the hotel program because it has failed to provide other housing aid, such as rental assistance checks, to many victims who qualify for it.

Also, information on how to apply for the aid has been slow to reach those who need it most, the attorneys said.




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10437882/

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4. Has failed to provide? Slow to reach? FEMA doesn't intend to provide

or reach.