'Katrina' Victims Support
Sunday, April 19, 2009
FEMA on board with housing plan for Katrina victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is supporting an Alabama state agency's efforts to let a handful of Hurricane Katrina victims remain in rent-free travel trailers and mobile homes past a May 1 deadline, a spokesman has confirmed.
Under a 2006 policy, FEMA can donate such temporary housing stock to states, local governments and voluntary organizations to help disaster victims. The agency is now working with the state to find someone willing to accept responsibility for the donated units, according to the spokesman, Kurt Pickering.
Earlier this month, FEMA announced that 19 Alabama households will have to be out of the temporary housing by the beginning of next month. As the Press-Register reported Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs wants to transfer housing ownership to a faith-based community organization.
At that time, another FEMA spokesperson had not been able to confirm that the agency had signed off on the plan.
Of the 19 households, 17 are in Mobile County, according to FEMA. Several have indicated that they already have other housing lined up, the agency said earlier this week.
Under a 2006 policy, FEMA can donate such temporary housing stock to states, local governments and voluntary organizations to help disaster victims. The agency is now working with the state to find someone willing to accept responsibility for the donated units, according to the spokesman, Kurt Pickering.
Earlier this month, FEMA announced that 19 Alabama households will have to be out of the temporary housing by the beginning of next month. As the Press-Register reported Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs wants to transfer housing ownership to a faith-based community organization.
At that time, another FEMA spokesperson had not been able to confirm that the agency had signed off on the plan.
Of the 19 households, 17 are in Mobile County, according to FEMA. Several have indicated that they already have other housing lined up, the agency said earlier this week.
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