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FEMA Unveils New Manufactured Homes

Updated :: Sun, 12/28/2008

Some Texans displaced from their homes as a result of Hurricane Ike will be the first to occupy a new type of manufactured home.
 
Contractors are delivering the first of 30 new units to the soon-to-be-opened temporary community site, the Acadian Annex, in the southern Orange County town of Bridge City.
 
The new models, which have two bedrooms, one bathroom and about 616 square feet of living space, are sleeker than the mobile homes and larger than the park models FEMA currently is providing eligible Texans.
 
The homes are made with products which emit no or low amounts of formaldehyde.
 
Once the homes are occupied, FEMA will survey the residents to get feedback on the models.
 
So far, 3,636 households have been determined as eligible for manufactured housing. Of that number, 2,167 have been placed in mobile homes or park models. Another 453 manufactured homes are currently in the process of installation at private and commercial sites around the disaster area.
 
For more information visit http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=47137 or call 1-800-621-3362.




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Checks can be made payable
to Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund:

Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund
c/o The Greater Houston
Community Foundation
4550 Post Oak Place
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77027
www.ghcf.org

Mayor Bill White has
established a relief fund to
help fill unmet human needs
for victims of Hurricane Ike in
Houston, and Harris and
Galveston Counties and other
affected areas. The Fund is
being administered by Albert
Myres, senior vice president
at Reliant Energy, with
fundraising and distribution
overseen by a special citizens
advisory board. The Fund is
now accepting donations and
is assessing humanitarian
needs. People are asked to
mail donations to the above
mailing address or donate
online at the above website.

The Gulf Coast Ike Relief
Fund is modeled after the
successful Katrina/Rita Fund,
which was also managed for
the region by Myres.

To contribute online please go
to www.ghcf.org and then the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund
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