FEMA Assailed On Katrina Housing
The Bush administration’s handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program was "a legal disaster," according to a ruling by a federal judge. US District Judge Richard J. Leon "ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor provide reasons why they had been denied aid." Leon went on to rule that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had mishandled the transition from a short-term housing program to a longer-term program this spring and summer. Instead of explaining why funding was being cut-off, FEMA provided only computer-generated and sometimes conflicting program codes.
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