An article in the latest Annals of Emergency Medicine reports that incidence of suicide attempts among residents in post-Katrina parks are 79 times higher than rates among the general public. The study surveyed residents in 92 different FEMA communities.
NPR has published an interesting radio piece to follow up on (more…)
A FEMA community in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi that was scheduled to close at the end of August will remain open at least through January of 2008.
FEMA granted the extension to Bay Village Trailer Park because the supply of (more…)
The BBC has posted an excellent set of documentary photographs. They attempt to get across the frustrations of residents living in a FEMA community in Baker, Louisiana.
Estimates say that Katrina has removed approximately 77,000 rental units from the stock of apartments in New Orleans. Many of those households that once rented are now in manufactured housing.
A story from the International Herald Tribune puts context to the numbers. The (more…)
Following on a Washington Post report on Friday that FEMA officials attempted to cover up problems associated with formaldehyde in FEMA trailers, the Associated Press writes today that FEMA will begin testing for air quality.
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