User:Sj/klog/Katrina blues

Katrina evacuee blues
Lots of evacuees entering Houston. How can one help evacuees without integrating them wholly into a city? Is it worth trying? Why not settle them in places and quantities where they can be integrated, rather than spending money on temporary accomodations which assume they will return to a devastated home?

Most say they want to stay in Houston - 2/3 of those here. Yet all preparations for lodging (in hotels and temp apartments) and jobs (temp work, again) assume they will leave in a month or two. Is this not wasteful? Do the relocation teams ask whether people intend to go back? I would love to know.

Posted September 9, 2005, 12:21 UTC, to the Katrina dept.