Katrina Evacuees Face Expulsion From Hotels
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 Catastrophe PropertyThousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have been staying in hotels at FEMA’s expense will be forced to leave or begin paying their own way Tuesday. Hotel managers throughout coastal cities have posted notices and slipped leaflets under evacuees’ room doors informing them of the deadline, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency moves to shut down this facet of its massive temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. FEMA has paid over $522 million for hotel and motel rooms as part of the more than $6 billion in financial and housing assistance to Katrina’s victims. At their peak use, some 85,000 hotel rooms were occupied by people displaced by Katrina.
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