'Obfuscation' By FEMA Hurt Katrina Victims

U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. issued a 44-page decision Friday on a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims seeking disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The case had forced FEMA to make numerous changes in its housing aid programs for Gulf Coast residents in recent months, widening eligibility guidelines, clarifying public notices and extending a hotel subsidy program until FEMA could determine whether people displaced by the storm qualified for other rental aid.

from the Washington Post