Thousands of evacuees face eviction [View All]

[Eugene]

Posted 10/31/2005 1:23 AM Updated 10/31/2005 6:43 AM

Thousands of evacuees face eviction

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Two months after Hurricane Katrina displaced more than
1 million people, problems with federal housing aid threaten to spawn
a new wave of homelessness.

In Texas, thousands of evacuees who found shelter in apartments face
eviction threats because rents are going unpaid.

In Louisiana, some evacuees are beginning to show up in homeless
shelters because they haven't received federal aid or don't know how
to get it.

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The housing crunch could get tighter in November, because the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants to move an estimated 200,000
Katrina evacuees out of hotels as soon as possible.

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Full article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-31-katrina-evictions_x.htm