{"id":428552,"date":"2010-03-13T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=24747"},"modified":"2010-03-13T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T23:50:00","slug":"fema%e2%80%99s-sale-of-katrina-trailers-sparks-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/428552","title":{"rendered":"FEMA\u2019s Sale of Katrina Trailers Sparks Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer S. Hsu writes in the Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In a giant auction, the federal government<\/a> has agreed to sell for pennies on the dollar most of the 120,000 formaldehyde-tainted trailers it bought nearly five years ago for Hurricane Katrina victims. But the sale of the units, perhaps the most visible symbol of the government<\/a>\u2019s bungled response to the hurricane, has triggered a new round of charges that it is endangering future buyers for years to come.<\/p>\n

\"FEMA<\/p>\n

Consumer advocates and environmentalists are outraged that the government<\/a> resold products it deemed unsafe to live in, saying warning stickers attached to the units will not keep people from misusing them.<\/p>\n

Besides formaldehyde, units might be plagued by mold, mildew and propane gas leaks, FEMA acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cProceed with caution, extreme caution, if you are tempted to respond to what appears to be an attractive offer for a travel trailer or manufactured home,\u201d Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel wrote in a consumer alert. He and others cautioned that the FEMA units could be resold many times, including over the Internet<\/a>, and that unscrupulous sellers could remove warning labels or withhold information about the dangers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more in the Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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