June 2009 Activities
At the beginning of June 2009, activists protested in Washington, D.C., to remind the government of the many Hurricane Katrina survivors still without re-built homes. On May 30, FEMA backed off evicting people from FEMA trailers, so the planned protest became a demonstration for better housing for the refugees still living in the emergency trailers. A FEMA spokesman said the organization was working with federal, state and local partners to help the residents get long-term housing. The demonstrators challenged President Obama to make improvements by August 29, the fourth anniversary of the disaster.
On June 3, 2009, FEMA announced plans to virtually give away roughly 1,800 mobile homes to 3,400 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are living in government-provided housing along the Gulf Coast. FEMA typically provides disaster aid for 18 months. It extended assistance for 45 months since Katrina hit in August 2005.
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