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Doesn't surprise me. We are spending billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq after we tore it down in the first place, meanwhile our own who are low income disabled and elderly, as well as single parent families with small children, live in substandard housing or on the streets. Why should the victims of Katrina be any different?
This is not just a failure of FEMA, but a failure of the current administration in general. Despite the impact of Katrina, the Bush administration again wants to make cuts in the housing voucher program that helps this country's low income seniors and disabled remain indoors. Under the current proposal, Colorado alone will lose over 2,000 vouchers by 2010.
Victims of Katrina can prepare themselves for a very long wait for housing assistance, if any at all.
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