I'll bet there was an error in this story. It's more likely that FEMA is chartering these ships to house its own employees, rather than refugees. Normally, FEMA employees stay in hotels in the damaged area. In this case, there aren't any.
I could be wrong, but mistakes are often made in news stories.
We had a story last night on the local news( I live in Grand Rapids MI.) that all of the mobile homes from 5 dealers had been requested to be shipped for use by FEMA. They did not say if they were purchased or leased. They will be shipping over 1000 units. Did anyone else have this happen in their city?
Buy Mobile Home stocks if this is true around the country.