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  • FEMA Free Grant Program Ends; Was It Fair? (More whining from Jefferson)

    10/04/2005 7:12:13 PM PDT · by drt1 · 11 replies · 400+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 10/04/2005 | Bob Sullivan
    'Expedited assistance' $2,000 payments to Katrina victims stopped quietly. Is everyone getting their fair share of FEMA hurricane recovery funds? Already, FEMA has given away a staggering amount of money to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- nearly $2 billion to 850,000 people, according to figures provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency's Eugene Kinerney. And much more aid is probably on the way. Victims are eligible to receive up to $26,200 based on a means test, enough for 18 months of living expenses according to government calculations, FEMA says. With that much money being doled out, there's bound to...