Kia Franklin
More FEMA Abuses Alleged
Will we ever have reason to hope that FEMA will get it right when it comes to helping disaster victims? Meh.
McALLEN, Texas — A farmworker rights organization and 14 poor South Texas residents sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday alleging that the agency refused to help thousands of poor families repair their homes after Hurricane Dolly.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Brownsville by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on behalf of the residents and La Union del Pueblo Entero or LUPE, says that FEMA denied requests for money to cover home repairs to 10,000 to 15,000 residents in the Rio Grande Valley since the July 23 hurricane. It asks the court to force FEMA to release the standards it uses to decide who gets aid for home repairs and make the agency reconsider its denials. (Houston Chronicle, chron.com)
Hat tip to the Center for Justice and Democracy for this info.
Posted at 7:42 PM, Nov 21, 2008 in Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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On the basis of this lawsuit where does the demand for Federal money from storm damage end? Where does self responsibilty end? Should FEMA pay for every tornado, hail storm and act of GOD.
I don't think that this is the responsibilty of the courts to decide, rather that of Congress and them I sure hope they get it right.
Posted by: throckmorton | November 21, 2008 10:24 PM