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FEMA's folly: 10,000 unused mobile homes for Katrina victims.(Federal Emergency Management Agency)(Brief article)
It's a trailer park like no other. Row upon row of brand new, empty mobile homes, as far as the eye can see. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mobile home park next to the airport in Hope, Arkansas, features nearly 10,000 fully furnished 2- and 3-bedroom mobile homes--all unoccupied.
Purchased by FEMA a year ago to help shelter the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the mobile homes remain on this huge storage lot unused. The price tag for the mobile homes: $300 million. The cost for a gravel base to put them on: $4 million. The cost for storing the trailers: $25,000 per month.
Why are the homes not being provided to Katrina victims ...
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