http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ibGn73O-jRzyv5bG_XihUnsYkdDgD98J8P6O4
MIAMI (AP) — The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full, The Associated Press has learned.
Officials told AP on Tuesday that it is an effort to find some benefit in the foreclosure crisis and keep people close to their homes and communities instead of scattering them around the country, which happened when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other parts of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi almost four years ago. Thousands of victims who lost their homes in the storm moved to Houston, Atlanta and other cities, and many never returned.
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The idea is still being developed, but FEMA would likely contact banks, other mortgage holders and their representatives to compile a list of available homes. The evacuees would then be assigned homes close to their own and FEMA would use a contractor, acting as its agent, to pay rent directly to whoever owns the home, said Jon Arno, FEMA's individual assistance branch director for Florida. His duties include finding temporary housing for disaster victims
I dunno, why not put NEWLY-HOMELESS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES TO THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS in forclosed homes, aka their own homes. Exploiting one disaster to cover another disaster is insane.