Only 22 Katrina families have received money to repair homes

[soothsayer]

From today's NYT

November 11, 2006
Slow Home Grants Stall Progress in New Orleans
By LESLIE EATON
NEW ORLEANS — The $7.5 billion program to rebuild Louisiana by helping residents repair or replace their flooded homes has gotten off to a slow start, frustrating government officials and outraging many homeowners who say they are still in limbo 14 months after Hurricane Katrina hit.

Though nearly 79,000 families have applied to the program, called the Road Home, only 1,721 have been told how much grant money they will receive. And just 22 have received access to the cash, which was provided by federal taxpayers and is being distributed by the state.

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much more at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/11/us/11louisiana.html?hp&ex=1163307600&en=1d213ba1503e43b3&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Rosemary2205]

1. I hope this isn't what fedralized health care would be like.

[knitter4democracy]

2. Why am I not suprised.

Disgusting. Where do they live? How did they vote? Why is it taking so damn long to help people?

[AndreaCG]

3. Because someone more incompetent and callous than Brownie's in charge

It's the Bush pattern.

[DemPower]

4. These people are sick bastards!

I bet that Halliburton and Blackwater have recieved their $$

I don't know how anyone can think that the Democratic party will get anything done if we don't impeach Bushco.

Bush and his corporate cronies are still in charge of everything. We must remove them and begin to repair our nation.

[Selatius]

5. It's obvious the Bush Congress didn't fund operation of this program

This is like not funding No Child Left Behind, except whole families fall through the cracks.

[TexasLawyer]

6. kick

:cry:for the Big Empty :cry:
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