Storm victims suing FEMA for more aid

Storm Victims Suing FEMA for More Aid

From the NYT:


By LYNETTE CLEMETSON
Published: November 10, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - When the government check arrived 38 days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their trailer in Long Beach, Miss., Russell and Tammy Hayward bought some towels, sheets and dishes. They paid for emergency dental care and kept receipts for everything linked to the $2,358 assistance check, which came without explanation.

Three weeks later a letter arrived at the couple's temporary home with friends in Texas, specifying that the check had been for rental help. When Mr. Hayward called the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ask about more aid, he said, he was denied additional help because he had misspent the initial money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/national/nationalspecial/10housing.html