FEMA Trailers from Gulf Coast Disasters Up for Bids
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Trailers that housed Gulf Coast residents now up for sale
They were once the temporary homes for the victims of the hurricanes that devastated the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in 2005. Now they are on the auction block as the government looks to downsize its inventory of trailers.
According to KSLA-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana, 69 of the trailers that once housed victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are now sitting empty in Hope, Arkansas with the Federal Emergency Management Agency now looking to sell them.
A FEMA spokeswoman told the station that it is no longer cost effective for the agency to spend the estimated $1,500 in repairs each trailer needs to make it habitable again, so they are being sold to the highest bidder. Descriptions and other information on what's available can be found at the U.S. Government Services Administration's website.
They were once the temporary homes for the victims of the hurricanes that devastated the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in 2005. Now they are on the auction block as the government looks to downsize its inventory of trailers.
According to KSLA-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana, 69 of the trailers that once housed victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are now sitting empty in Hope, Arkansas with the Federal Emergency Management Agency now looking to sell them.
A FEMA spokeswoman told the station that it is no longer cost effective for the agency to spend the estimated $1,500 in repairs each trailer needs to make it habitable again, so they are being sold to the highest bidder. Descriptions and other information on what's available can be found at the U.S. Government Services Administration's website.
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