Federal Judge or Santa Claus?
NEW ORLEANS - 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.
That is the beginning of this article from the Associated Press over on MSNBC. It amazes me that FEMA would even consider stopping this program without providing these people with the assistance that they qualify for. Yet again FEMA has dropped the ball, but this time someone is actually doing something about it.
posted by Matt @ 3:20 PM
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