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Associated Press
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Published: Fri, November 16, 2007 - 2:23 pm
HOPE, Ark. (AP) - Legislation introduced in Congress today(Friday) would require that FEMA do something with thousands of
mobile homes parked around the country unused. The trailers were
purchased for victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, but
thousands haven't been used and are now unusable.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is storing 75,000 units
around the country, including 12,000 mobile homes and 63,000 travel
trailers. Hope in southwest Arkansas is a major site with more than
7,500 mobile homes and thousands of trailers.
According to Pryor's office, the senator's bill would give FEMA
three months to decide the number of housing units it needs on hand
to shelter future disaster victims and six months to come up with a
plan for permanently storing the units it wants to keep.
FEMA spokesman James McIntyre said today the agency was ordered
by Congress to stop selling or donating the property after
discovering problems with formaldehyde in the housing units.
McIntyre said the agency also is working at getting its
inventory of mobile homes down to the estimates needed for any
future emergencies.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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