DHS OIG: FEMA's Exit Strategy for Temporary Housing in the Gulf Coast Region

OIG-09-02 – Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Exit Strategy for Temporary Housing in the Gulf Coast Region (PDF, 27 pages) New 10/31/2008

“The Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) strategy for ending its direct housing assistance program for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is generally sound, and FEMA has made considerable progress recovering its temporary housing units, i.e., travel trailers, mobile homes, and park models. However, FEMAs strategy is not complete because it has not been periodically reassessing resident eligibility for the direct housing assistance program or taking action to recover temporary housing units from ineligible residents. Unless FEMA begins this process, it will not recover all temporary housing units by March 1, 2009; the scheduled ending date of FEMAs direct housing assistance program.”

DHS OIG: FEMA's Exit Strategy for Temporary Housing in the Gulf Coast Region

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