Some evacuees' HUD homes are no bargain

The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi reports that some hurricane evacuees who received "free" homes from HUD find themselves bedeviled with repair problems. Melinda Wright, for example, whose rent-free HUD house has such badly busted electrical and plumbing systems that she hasn't slept there since signing the lease back on Dec. 12. The paper reports:

She recently started seeing a psychiatrist. One of the topics they've been discussing is housing.