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Post by Blaque on Mar 12, 2007 14:39:37 GMT -5
This don't make any sense.
First of all, why are people still living in FEMA trailers?
Why haven't these people been made whole? Where is the help?
I hope her representation is working pro bono.
I really don't understand why it takes so long to help people get back on their feet.
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Post by pelicanguy on Mar 12, 2007 20:50:42 GMT -5
Here's what's going on across most of the region except New Orleans: Most parishes and their cities (including Gretna) have set a March 31 deadline for FEMA trailers to be removed from people's property. Ironically, the end of the month is also the end of the 18-month period FEMA has set for people to find a more stable form of housing.
According to FEMA rules, people can live in temporary housing provided by the government for up to 18 months from the date a disaster struck while they get back on their feet. Extensions are granted on a case by case basis if one needs more time.
The parishes are working to ensure things are moving along by passing ordinances in which all residents receive forms from their respective parish that ask how is their recovery is going. If a resident is back on his/her feet, they should make arrangements for FEMA to pick up the trailer and to indicated it on the parish form and mail it back. If things are still uncertain, it should be noted on the form and mailed back indicating an extension request has been filed. The parish will work with the resident and FEMA. Otherwise, if the parish hasn't received a form back from a resident, that residence faces a daily fine for each day the trailer is still there.
The Road Home Program has been dragging its feet from the beginning. The company running the program is being paid $715 million and they can't do things right. It's crazy.
As far as that woman saying she can't afford to gut her home, I'm VERY surprised the woman hasn't tried to get a hold of one of the many organizations that would gut her home for free. They're all over the place. There's no excuse she couldn't call one of several numbers that has been all over the TV and the newspaper.
If the city is doing what she says they're doing, they're out of bounds. What they're doing is the job of Jefferson Parish.
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Post by Blaque on Mar 13, 2007 9:23:20 GMT -5
I can't pretend to know what it feels like to loose everything, but a part of me believes that I would have been back on my feet and living in another apartment of home by now.
18 months and people are still living in FEMA trailers.
It's ridiculous for everyone involved.
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Post by pelicanguy on Mar 13, 2007 11:41:30 GMT -5
It is crazy. There are not a lot of apartments because the owners haven't fixed them up yet; they're still waiting on their insurance checks.
As far as homeowners go, they're waiting on money from The Road Home and/or insurance. A lot of folks who did get insurance money got ripped off by fake contractors. It's just a mess.
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Post by pelicanguy on Mar 13, 2007 11:42:30 GMT -5
I'm also gonna say this: a lot of people didn't have their stuff together (no insurance, no savings).
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Post by Blaque on Mar 13, 2007 22:39:38 GMT -5
I hope it's a learning experience for everyone involved and every NOT involved. A disaster like that can happen anywhere.
People should have their business in order.
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Post by dolphinfan on Mar 23, 2007 22:23:41 GMT -5
This don't make any sense. First of all, why are people still living in FEMA trailers? Why haven't these people been made whole? Where is the help? I hope her representation is working pro bono. I really don't understand why it takes so long to help people get back on their feet. , speak the truth.
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