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Day 100 – 11/29/05, Katrina Victims Ask Federal Court to Keep FEMA From Ending Hotel Program

NEW ORLEANS Nov 28, 2005 — Lawyers for Hurricane Katrina victims asked a federal court Monday to keep alive a program that lodges those displaced by the storm in hotels at government expense.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency originally set a Dec. 1 deadline for ending the program. But, stung by critics who said that would result in the eviction of thousands of poor, extended the deadline to Dec. 15 for evacuees nationwide.

FEMA also said 10 states Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee and Texas could apply for extensions lasting until Jan. 7. [Read more - abc News]

November 29, 2005 in Katrina - Housing |

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