Holdouts at FEMA Trailer Park Test Limitations of Aid
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By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: June 7, 2008
BAKER, La. — Theresa August spent the official closing day of the Renaissance Village trailer park singing, muttering to herself and dancing on a picnic table. Finally, wearing an infant’s flowered onesie on her head like a kerchief, she began to pack up.
Laura Hilton with her grandson, Leander, at the Renaissance Trailer Park in Baker, La. Ms. Hilton, 45, has been denied federal assistance because FEMA was unable to verify her pre-hurricane address. More Photos »
Leaving the Trailer
This is the first in an occasional series of articles that will follow the last residents of the Renaissance Village trailer park, displaced since Hurricane Katrina, as they make a difficult return to life on their own.
Ms. August, 39, giggled on the steps of her overflowing trailer last Saturday as Sister Judith Brun asked when she might be able to leave the trailer park that, at its peak, housed almost 600 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Sunday? No response. Monday? A smile.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Holdouts at FEMA Trailer Park Test Limitations of Aid
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