Katrina Coverage

More than a dozen Hurricane Katrina victims from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama filed a lawsuit Thursday [11/10] accusing the federal government of wrongfully denying them temporary housing assistance.

Attorneys said this is probably the first of a string of suits to be filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other government agencies…

The lawsuit, which asks for class-action status, seeks to make FEMA immediately provide trailers or other housing alternatives, especially to those still in shelters, and asks that victims with larger families receive more money…

Source. The San Antonio angle here.

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