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| Katrina Relief Funds Misspent on FEMA Warehouses In an article on the Los Angeles Times website, Eileen Sullivan says a government investigation revealed FEMA ignored the law when it built two warehouses with more than $7 million in funds, some of which should have gone to hurricane victims. Sullivan reports FEMA broke the rules by paying for one warehouse from federal disaster relief fund, and the other with proceeds from sales of travel trailers and mobile homes. The warehouses were intended for maintenance of trailers and mobile homes used by disaster victims at two of FEMA’s 12 storage sites for the housing units. FEMA officials had rejected the proposal to build the warehouses, but the project went ahead regardless. FEMA spokesman Clark Stevens told Sullivan he could not comment on a report that hadn't yet been released, but stated that FEMA “does not tolerate wasteful spending and is committed to making sure that any past mistakes are not repeated." Investigators said FEMA had “no authority to use appropriated funds to construct the two buildings.” To read the full article, click here:
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