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Article: Katrina Families to Lose Hotel Privileges
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RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-12-2006
Dateline: NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin addresses the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club during a memorial service for victims of Hurricane Katrina Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006 at St John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in New Orleans.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
Twelve thousand families left homeless by last year's storms will lose their federally funded hotel privileges Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Saturday.
This will be the second wave of evacuees weaned off the federally-sponsored hotel stays within two weeks. Last week, the occupants of roughly 4,500 rooms lost FEMA funding for ...