FEMA backs off trailer evictions plan
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is checking whether thousands of families in Mississippi and Louisiana are eligible for the government-issued trailers they&#039;re living in, but officials have stepped back from evicting hundreds of the families.
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LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - Rescuers called off search  and recovery efforts on Thursday at the site of a mudslide that  killed 10 people when it hit a seaside California town and  urged residents to leave in case of another collapse.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 26--BILOXI -- Failure to implement FEMA's recommended elevation requirements for buildings could leave Biloxi residents without flood insurance, according to a banker.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 3,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...
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A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of the city's levee system during Hurricane Katrina's floods in 2005.
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Florida officials approved a rule Tuesday that prevents insurance companies from canceling or not renewing homeowners policies through the end of this year for hurricane victims who are still waiting for repairs.
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Some of the thousands of trailers purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 after hurricanes tore through the Gulf Coast may finally be put to use to help victims of last week's tornadoes, officials said Tuesday.
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After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 13--GULFPORT -- Construction on the controversial FEMA trailer park site on John Hill Boulevard has been suspended, a FEMA spokesman said.
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The Bush administration's new federal disaster-response plan drew harsh criticism yesterday from state and local officials only a day after it was unveiled, prompting fresh calls by House Democrats to make the Federal Emergency Management Agency a stand-alone Cabinet-level agency.
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By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 8--ELLSWORTH -- The city's planning board has turned down a Lamoine couple's proposal to build two four-unit apartment buildings on land they own in an Ellsworth neighborhood.
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A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina
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A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Providence leaders from making any land-use decisions until a court can review plans for a housing development project.
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As evacuation orders come down, homeowners ask: What really matters? What can't be replaced?
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By Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Dec. 19--Bowing to pressure from a wide-ranging group of critics, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday backed off from plans to permanently conduct live fire exercises on the Great Lakes.
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Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.