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| Gotta Keep on Paying for Katrina Housing |
| 2006-11-29 |
| 1) If we taxpayers have to keep paying for Katrina victim housing after 18 months, when do we stop having to pay? 2) If we have to pay for Katrina victims, why not other victims - maybe people who ran up too much credit card debt, etc? Judge Orders Bush Administration to Resume Paying for Katrina Housing Wednesday, November 29, 2006 WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Wednesday to immediately resume making housing benefits available to thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to adequately explain why it ended the 18-month housing assistance program for people who lost their homes in the 2005 storm. Leon's ruling was issued as a temporary injunction requested by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which filed suit in August saying FEMA had violated the rights of Katrina victims by abruptly stopping housing payments. The judge ordered the federal agency to explain its reasoning and allow the displaced hurricane victims to appeal its decision. While that process goes forward, the judge said, FEMA must keep making payments and must pay storm victims for two months of housing since the decision to stop the program. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #6 Man, if we ever have a hurricane up here, I'll be outside in the middle of it tearing my house down with a backhoe just to make sure I can get in on this. It helps mightily if you're black...er...uh, one of the protected classes. tu3031 - no need to tear down your house, just go to the next hurricane disaster zone and claim you have been displaced, that would work. Nope. You do actually have to prove residency. The only way it could work, is if he had family in the disaster area. I worked two Hurricane seasons with the SBA Disaster Assistance Office, and we always shared space and worked hand-in-hand with FEMA. If you are not a minority and have any means at all you get kicked over to the SBA's Disaster Loan program. You might get some immediate assistance from FEMA, but it ain't much. Katrina/Rita was a weird deal, a lot was done that was atypical of how things normaly get handled. While I was in Shreveport, LA I encountered numerous families that had been on welfare for four or more generations*. Never worked a day in their lives. They'd come over and want to fill out loan apps for getting a business back up and running. Yeah right. All of the womens were cosmotologists, and the guys truck drivers. *(Great Grandma (60ish), Daughter, Grand Daughter and Great Grand daughter (teens) with a baby on her hip) I guess that's really five generations. Funny thing, I used to drive a big rig, and none of these yahoos knew the first thing about driving, and the womens didn't know anything about cosmotology (one of my loan officers was a retired cosmotologist). They would sit there and lie, lie, lie. When you called them on it, they'd just say: "Where my check?". Some of the most worthless human beings I've ever encoutered. A little known fact, most of the people that work these disasters are temporary employees that work the disaster seasons. You can make GREAT $$$'s, but they (the Gubmint) nearly kill you with the hours. 10 - 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for as long as the need exists. |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-29 23:49 |
| #5 tu3031 - no need to tear down your house, just go to the next hurricane disaster zone and claim you have been displaced, that would work. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-29 23:10 |
| #4 Nice scam these parasites have going. Man, if we ever have a hurricane up here, I'll be outside in the middle of it tearing my house down with a backhoe just to make sure I can get in on this. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-11-29 21:50 |
| #3 saying FEMA had violated the rights of Katrina victims by abruptly stopping housing payments The hell? Which amendment guarantees housing? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-11-29 20:35 |
| #2 They dont work but they sure can hire lawyers..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-11-29 18:59 |
| #1 Most of them have never made a house payment in their lives anyway. You'll be paying for them one way or the other for the rest of their lives. Welfare or relief, it's your choice, but their kind don't work. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-11-29 18:07 |