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June 4, 2009

Katrina Victims to Remain in Trailer Homes
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The Obama administration has announced it will let thousands of
Hurricane Katrina victims remain in trailers they had been told to leave
by the end of last month. The White House says the Gulf Coast residents
will be allowed to purchase their trailers for nominal fees of $5 or
less. And it says it will give the more than 3,400 families living in
trailers priority for $50 million in housing vouchers. The eviction
plans had come under wide criticism, because almost none of the housing
destroyed by Katrina has been rebuilt or replaced.



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