Frustrations build as FEMA nudges the hurricane's diaspora to move to long-term housing.
"This tug over temporary housing is the latest wrinkle in the lives of more than a quarter of a million displaced people that are trying to start over in new cities. Three months after the storm, many are still looking for jobs, a home, and some measure of stability.
..."It's becoming increasingly clear that there isn't going to be anything [in New Orleans] for anyone to go back to for a long time," says Ronald Utt, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a former Housing and Urban Development official. "And evacuees are finding it much harder than they expected to start new lives elsewhere - especially with no mobility, no jobs, and no possessions. And now they are being asked to find apartments in strange neighborhoods."
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