An advocates' site useful to housing folks

Housing owners and managers now facing the logistics of housing hurricane victims can benefit from the advice that legal aid advocates are developing for the displaced Gulf Coast residents themselves.

A site noted here by a commenter, and much worth the attention of hurricane victims' landlords, is "FEMA Answers," organized by the California Public Interest Law Project and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. The site is an attempt to involve advocates and the public all over the U.S. in asking and answering important questions about the workings of the hurricane disaster relief programs, prominently including housing relief. The intention seems to be politically nonpartisan, though frequently critical of FEMA's response and record.

"YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY" WARNING: the "FEMA Answers" site is a "Wiki," meaning that it can be edited by anyone in the world. It is therefore an exercise in trust, and is dependent on the goodwill and good sense of whoever decides to add to the site. Much helpful information will likely continue to be posted there, and new readers of the page may themselves discover that they are able to help out by adding new answers and links. However, readers should always keep in mind that some of the material on any Wiki may be written by strangers both to members of the profession concerned and to the sponsors of the site. Unsupported statements made on the page should hence be double-checked elsewhere, and links posted on the page should be evaluated on their own merits.