18 months free rent

[mechtech]

I just read in the Chicago Sun Times that our Federal Gov't will pay for rent for almost a million N.O. flood victims, for 18 months, in addition to the $2,000.00 debit card issued to each.
WOW!
I don't think this should be the taxpayer's responsibility. And what about the next time?

 

[Shannow]

well, as they say..."charity begins in the home".

When that fails, it's up to the Govt. to distribute.

 

[oilyriser]

Something like this could happen in Canada, such as a big earthquake taking out Vancouver, but that should be the responsibility of the provincial gov't, since that province is in a place that is known to be an earthquake zone. In the case of N.O., the fed gov't of the US took official control, but fumbled. Next time there should be emergency transportation, food, and tents available, so it won't cost so much.

At least there will be lots of jobs available for those people, cleaning up and rebuilding the city.

 

[rjundi]

As a positive it will cause closer scrutiny of the federal budget for crazy expenditures/crusades into the other countries affairs. (One that starts with I and ends with q......)

 

[JAYCEE]

They were on welfare before the flood.

They are on welfare now.

They will be on welfare when and if they ever go back to N.O.

 

[blupupher]

quote:

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Originally posted by JAYCEE:
They were on welfare before the flood.

They are on welfare now.

They will be on welfare when and if they ever go back to N.O.

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That's what I was thinking. We pay their rent in N.O. or we pay the rent somewhere else....

 

[darryld13]

Many insurance companies stopped issuing flood insurance in Florida or pulled out altogether after Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Those that stayed charged so much that the Federal Government began shouldering much more of the load through FEMA's Disaster Aid Program as a result. FEMA has been doling out this type of relief for quite awhile.

BTW, the Feds have been issuing flood insurance since 1968; apparently the insurance companies and floods have been an issue for quite some time in the US.

 

[mechtech]

rjundi - I saw a Congressman on CNN state that more was spent in the first week of Katrina, than our three years in I--q [He was calling for closer accountability for spending]

 

[Kestas]

There's a lot of abandoned homes in Detroit - and I mean A LOT.
There's a lot of people from New Orleans without homes.
I see a match.

 

[JAYCEE]

Hahaha, ship 'em to Detroit. I like that idea!

 

[Schmoe]

Too cold.

 

[Kestas]

The only problem with that idea is that there is now a need for a workforce in New Orleans. There's no work here in Detroit (except rebuilding abandoned homes).

 

[TooManyWheels]

The eighteen months must either be a change or a misrepresentation by the paper. The initial program was only six. As for the Congressman's estimates, they also differ markedly from those from elsewhere.

 

[darryld13]

From FEMA's Disaster Aid Program:
"Disaster Housing may be available for up to 18 months, using local resources, for displaced persons whose residences were heavily damaged or destroyed. Funding also can be provided for housing repairs and replacement of damaged items to make homes habitable."

Sometimes the assistance comes in the form of mobile homes, sometimes rent, etc.

 

[Steve S]

quote:

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Originally posted by blupupher:

quote:

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Originally posted by JAYCEE:
They were on welfare before the flood.

They are on welfare now.

They will be on welfare when and if they ever go back to N.O.

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That's what I was thinking. We pay their rent in N.O. or we pay the rent somewhere else....

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A big That is what I was thinking as well.

 

[TooManyWheels]

Darryl - What you posted differs from the original post, which said that the full eighteen months would be paid to all flood victims.

The devil is in the details, in this case the difference between the words "will" pay and an implied "could" pay, "some" and an implied "all" victims, and "up to" vs. an implied "total" 18 months. Big difference between the meaning of the original post and the actuality.

I made my post on the basis of having helped register flood victims for housing assistance and having read the housing contract that housing providers must enter.

 

[darryld13]

TooMany -
Thanks for clarifying and lending some actual experience to the thread. There has been much confusion.

 

[Scott P]

I think it's a case of making numbers bigger than needed to get a point across.

 

[wavinwayne]

quote:

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Originally posted by Scott P:
A million displaced N.O. residents when the city had a population of only 480,000? How is that possible?

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Must be all those "forgotten" poor I'm always hearing about from the......well nevermind.