FEMA trailers sit empty while storm victims battle cold - Brooklyn

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
12/4/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

FEMA says rules and regulations prevent delivery of trailers.

Victims of Superstorm Sandy that are seeking shelter, may have to wait longer despite the fact FEMA has more than a hundred ready-built homes for the purpose.

Unused FEMA trailers sit idle along with displaced residents in New York.

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BROOKLYN, NY (Catholic Online) - New York residents waiting to return to their homes, remain without adequate shelter despite the fact that FEMA is storing over a hundred winterized trailers in nearby Pennsylvania.

Victims do not understand why FEMA will not ship the trailers to provide homes through the worsening cold.

According to FEMA, the answer has to do with legal issues, such as placing trailers in flood zones - despite the fact that no flooding appears to be imminent. Local zones and ordinances are also making the task difficult.

So instead, thanks to legal red tape, many residents will continue sleeping and living wherever they can, without access to sufficient shelter.

There does not appear to be any effort underway to address the issue.

� 2012, Distributed by NEWS CONSORTIUM.

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Keywords: FEMA, trailers, Superstorm Sandy, homeless, victims

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1 - 4 of 4 Comments

phil mosolino
5 months ago
70 million catholics could have voted against Obamma and his fake concern.
Ann
5 months ago
Perfect example of why the government is the very las entitiy which should be in charge of anything like disaser relief--and planning to avoid worst case disaster scenarios--health care or any other importand endeavor
vance
5 months ago
Obama and the Marxist Democrat Party could care less about the Sandy victims. The election is over and the victims can go fend for themselves.
Tom
5 months ago
Sounds like the election is over.

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