Authorities desperate to construct emergency housing identified building sites but lacked the money.
Far better, they say, to issue emergency housing vouchers to displaced families so that they can rent from the private sector.
The 3, 500 residents who remain are crammed into emergency housing on the 16 square miles (40 square kilometres) still judged safe.
Month-to-month renters can get a 30-day notice, giving them a chance to find emergency housing or a more permanent place to live.
So far 95, 000 people have registered for emergency housing assistance in New York and New Jersey after Sandy, according to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Back then it was emergency housing, almost anybody could get into one, and early in the spring FEMA takes a look at the records, decides that 3, 000 households needs to get out.
On the housing front, we're tackling the corruption and inefficiency that plagued the New Orleans Housing Authority for years. (Applause.) We've also been able to dramatically cut the number of people who are still in emergency housing.
He said his administration is tackling "corruption and inefficiency" that has plagued the New Orleans Housing Authority for years -- remarks that drew applause from the crowd -- and has helped move families out of emergency housing, helping homeowners rebuild and helping renters find affordable options.
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Of the hotel's 122 rooms, guests on the Federal Emergency Management Agency housing plan occupy 25 and the remaining 97 are fully booked for Mardi Gras, according to a hotel spokeswoman.
Additionally, Bluffton Self Help provided families with short-term emergency financial assistance toward housing and utility assistance, medical assistance, or children's program assistance.
For McCartney, that means helping to address the housing needs of thousands of families still living in Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers or temporary housing.
Also included is Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Housing for Special Populations (Elderly and Disabled), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Emergency Shelter Grants, the Supportive Housing program, the Single Room Occupancy program, the Shelter Plus Care program, and the Home Ownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) program, among others.
Current companies in the program include ActiveDesk, World Housing Solutions (emergency shelters), and Axon Optics (migraine glasses).
Housing and social work emergency response teams will work at a reduced capacity.
Washington has played this role in every major disaster dating back to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, when over 4, 000 troops from the U.S. Army's Pacific Division were mobilized to provide emergency relief, including constructing temporary housing for 20, 000 survivors.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency cites progress in providing housing and aid to hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Labour will use an emergency question at Holyrood to ask the Scottish government if they will bring in emergency legislation to stop local councils and housing associations evicting tenants if they run up arrears as a result of housing benefit changes.
That's despite a deadline of yesterday for FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to provide more permanent housing for all storm victims who need it.
About 1, 500 people in Louisiana are still living in temporary housing, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, although that is down from a high of more than 90, 000.
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In a room next to the garage housing two shiny red trucks and an emergency vehicle, 20 people took part in this experiment in ultra-democracy.
Mr Hendry said the plans for temporary emergency accommodation would have no effect on people already on the housing list.
Anna was placed in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation, and then, assuming the rest of her housing application goes well, she will be found a more permanent home.
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Steve Curran, cabinet member for planning, regeneration and housing at Hounslow Council, said any placements his authority made were for emergency temporary accommodation.
Andrew Denovan, an emergency planning officer at Highland Council, said the bunker, which today is surrounded by housing developments, remained an asset in modern times.
Most homeless kids are not immunized nor ever seen by a doctor except in an emergency, says Chad Audi, president of Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, which provides meals and housing.
"As we transition from a large-scale emergency evacuation center into the recovery process, we have begun assisting all evacuees to find more suitable shelter and housing, " Sanders said.
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