The occupants of more than 4,500 government-paid hotel rooms were ordered to turn in their keys Tuesday, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency began cutting off money to pay for their stays.
Of the 135,000 requests for trailers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has received from families, slightly more than half have been filled.
The trailer problem is most acute in Louisiana, where 60 percent of the 90,000 requests for manufactured housing have not been met. Of the 21,000 requests in Orleans Parish alone, only about 3,000 have been filled. By comparison, in Mississippi, federal officials say that of about 40,000 such requests, 34,560 have been met. FEMA officials in Louisiana say that at the rate they are going — installing about 500 units a day — it will most likely be an additional 100 days before they are close to reaching their goal.
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Of the 135,000 requests for trailers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has received from families, slightly more than half have been filled.
The trailer problem is most acute in Louisiana, where 60 percent of the 90,000 requests for manufactured housing have not been met. Of the 21,000 requests in Orleans Parish alone, only about 3,000 have been filled. By comparison, in Mississippi, federal officials say that of about 40,000 such requests, 34,560 have been met. FEMA officials in Louisiana say that at the rate they are going — installing about 500 units a day — it will most likely be an additional 100 days before they are close to reaching their goal.
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