From: John Cuccia 

No, I didn't think that at all, I was just pointing out that, to my
knowledge, charitable groups of all stripes have responded to the best of
their abilities.

And yes, HfH is building some housing, but can't build them nearly fast enough.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:03:05 -0800, Ellen K.
 wrote:

>I hope you didn't think I was implying that resettlement was the
>RESPONSIBILITY of charitable groups, I was just curious as to whether
>they are involved in that as opposed to first-response type of stuff.  I
>thought I read something about Habitat for Humanity getting involved,
>but can't remember now.
>
>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:02:57 -0600, John Cuccia 
>wrote in message :
>
>>I read this weekend that the Red Cross claims to be out of money.  The
>>churches around here (and elsewhere, I assume)  took in and placed as
>>many people as they could.  I doubt they can handle another 200k
>>people.
>>
>>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:42:13 -0800, Ellen K.
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Do you happen to know whether the Red Cross or other charitable
>>>organizations are doing anything about resettling these folks?
>>>
>>>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:24:17 -0600, John Cuccia

>>>wrote in message :
>>>
>>>>To all the congressmen suffering self-described
"Katrina fatigue",
>>>>please note the below and imagine how fatigued you'd feel if you were
>>>>living in a tent on your ruined property, all while Brownie continues
>>>>to collect his $130k+ annual salary.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20051031/1a_lede31.art.htm
>>>>WASHINGTON — Two months after Hurricane Katrina displaced more than 1
>>>>million people, problems with federal housing aid threaten to spawn a
>>>>new wave of homelessness.
>>>>
>>>>In Texas, thousands of evacuees who found shelter in apartments face
>>>>eviction threats because rents are going unpaid.
>>>>
>>>>In Louisiana, some evacuees are beginning to show up in homeless
>>>>shelters because they haven't received federal aid or don't know how
>>>>to get it.
>>>>
>>>>Advocates for the poor say the situation will worsen this winter.
>>>>
>>>>“They are the poorest folks … and they are the ones who are going to
>>>>be left with nothing,” says Sheila Crowley, president of the National
>>>>Low Income Housing Coalition. “It's going to show up at homeless
>>>>shelters this winter.”
>>>>
>>>>The housing crunch could get tighter in November, because the Federal
>>>>Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants to move an estimated 200,000
>>>>Katrina evacuees out of hotels as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-biloxi27oct27,0,125246
6.story?coll=la-home-nation
>>>>BILOXI, Miss. — In the afternoon, when it is warm, Valentina and Gary
>>>>Stilwell can almost forget there are no walls around them. Valentina
>>>>has hung one of her paintings on a tree, and there is a bowl of hard
>>>>candies on the coffee table. The concrete slab beneath them is as
>>>>spotless as linoleum.
>>>>
>>>>But Sunday night a cold wind shuddered through east Biloxi, shaking
>>>>their tent so badly that Gary had to get up several times
to drive the
>>>>stakes back into the ground. Gary and Valentina slept in half-hour
>>>>lulls between the gusts of wind, and in the morning the
weight of what
>>>>they had been through bore down hard.
>>>>
>>>>"There's nobody that can do anything for us,"
said Gary, a 62-year-old
>>>>Vietnam veteran. Valentina, 44, put it more bluntly.
>>>>
>>>>"I said to the FEMA guy, if you can't bring me my
trailer, just bring
>>>>me a .38 and a bullet," she said.

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