In a communiqué to MHMSM.com, Mountain View Estates community owner David Roden and Spencer Roane, the Georgia Manufactured Housing Association’s (GMHA) Community Owners Representative, have an upcoming meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) officials to discuss housing for disaster victims.  Noting that the FEMA homes used following Hurricane Katrina did more harm than good for the industry, their proposal is for FEMA to purchase Model Homes from the manufacturers and place them in existing communities near the disaster area.  The residents get to live in a nice home, and after they leave, the community owner can then buy the home from FEMA and fill empty sites.  Roden and Roane are asking industry representatives for pictures of affordable, permanent homes with good curb appeal to show FEMA and GEMA officials that could be used.

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