A report from Homeland Security Department (HSD) office of inspector general (OIG) says a 2006 congressionally mandated program to quickly develop housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina was doomed from the start. FierceHomelandSecurity tells MHProNews.com the $400 million Alternative Housing Pilot Program was to design an alternative to typical Federal …
Friday evening a North Carolina source told the Daily Business News on MHProNews the following. “Widespread power outage[s] and flooding. 100 plus winds on coast. Many counties have no power at all (total loss of power). Nuclear plant shut down (intentionally) in Brunswick County. But still better than …
Around the time of Hurricane Katrina, the Wisconsin Housing Alliance’s (WHA) Ross Kinzler advocated that Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) emergency housing units be designated as something other than a manufactured home. That bit of forethought was never adopted. A dozen years later, today the formal FEMA term “Manufactured Housing …
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The subject was hurricane recovery efforts. The market potential is in the billions of dollars. The Miami Herald and the Florida Keys News (Keynoter) both carried recent stories about the Plexos Group’s meeting with Marathon, FL county commissioners. “They [Plexos Group] just wanted to come in and show it off …
Testimony by former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate this week to the House Homeland Security Committee’s Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Subcommittee, included some very stern words about the current state of the organization. That included the call for experienced leadership. “FEMA is not the place for …
A month after the historic flooding in Louisiana, many residents are still having trouble finding housing, reports WAFB’s Scottie Hunter. According to Hunter’s report, thousands of people have applied for a manufactured housing unit from FEMA, but as of September 30, only 169 people have been able to move into …
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In an update to our reports on the massive flooding in Louisiana and FEMAs response with manufactured housing units (MHUs), WBRZ2 out of Baton Rouge reports on new communities being set up, one in this photo, off Blount Road near the airport. Their report indicates that “dozens” of locations in …
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For two days, rain tortured the heart of bayou country, dumping 24 inches in less than 48 hours on southern Louisiana, says a report in the DigitalJournal. The 1000-year event flooded more than 100,000 residences, sending families into shelters and the homes of friends, relatives and even strangers. Now, as …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will begin determining how it may address the thousands of people who have been flooded out of their homes, according to theadvocate. With 20 parishes having been included in the federal disaster declaration, 40,000 homes have been damaged in the rising tide of floodwaters …
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The flooding that ravaged Calgary, Alberta, Canada in late June and early July, 2013 has resulted in a housing shortage that one Alderman is seeking to fill using Katrina Cottages. While relatively inexpensive at $115 a foot, the units are also small and easy to assemble. Alderman Druh Farrell would …
Following the continuing saga of those displaced by Hurricane Sandy on the east coast, fifty Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) one, two and three-bedroom manufactured homes have arrived at a staging area at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Ocean County, New Jersey. NorthJersey tells MHProNews FEMA and state …
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Fund (FEMA) has enough funding for disaster relief, but it may come up short for the federal flood insurance program, MHProNews has learned from CNNMoney. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) paid out $1.8 billion following Hurricane Irene last year, …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports the last Katrina manufactured home has left New Orleans. “Another page has turned in New Orleans’ post-Katrina history,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a news release. “At the end of the day, FEMA trailers were never meant to be permanent housing …
My San Antonio reports from Little Axe, Oklahoma, that manufactured housing that represented a failed response to Hurricane Katrina has been very well accepted by American Indian tribes, some of whom are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) originally had them constructed at …
Reuters reports from Kansas City, Missouri, that since the tornado devastated Joplin, MO, there are 624 families and individuals needing housing. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is building up to 324 three-bedroom one bath modular homes that will be sited on city-owned land in the north part of town. …
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“INDUSTRY DAY” MEETING EXPOSES CONCEPTUAL FLAWS AND NEED FOR MAJOR CHANGES
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held an “industry day” conference on June 7, 2011, to explain its concept of a “small footprint” HUD Code “temporary housing unit” (THU) for post-disaster relief and to obtain input and feedback regarding this concept from manufacturers. The all-day public conference in Washington, D.C. was attended by MHARR staff and representatives of a substantial number of MHARR and other HUD Code manufacturers, as well as third-party Primary Inspection Agencies (PIAs), retailers, suppliers and others.
From the extensive and detailed discussion at the meeting, as explained in greater detail below, it is apparent that the FEMA THU concept, while well-intended, is heading down the wrong track from the start and needs to be re-calibrated if it is ultimately to prove beneficial for those in need of post-disaster relief housing, the taxpayers who will be footing the bill for this initiative, and the industry.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plans to hold an Industry Day on Friday, June 7 to discuss the feasibility of producing small HUD temporary housing units to meet future disaster housing needs. During the meeting, industry members will be briefed on the federal contracting guidelines; provide guidance on FEMA’s …
New America Media reports that some of the Federal Emergency Management Agency factory-built housing originally designated for Hurricane Katrina relief is now slowly making its way onto American tribal lands. Estimates range from 90,000 to 200,000 for housing units needed to replace inadequate housing on the 565 tribal lands across …
The Associated Press reports that companies that manufactured homes for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve thousands of claims that the shelters exposed Gulf Coast storm victims to potentially dangerous fumes from formaldehyde. The chemical, commonly found in building materials, …
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The Associated Press reports New Orleans officials have told the last remaining residents of the temporary housing units known as “FEMA trailers” to be out by the start of 2011. Residents told the reporter that meeting this deadline will be difficult. At one point, some 23,000 homes were in the …
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