Saturday, March 31, 2007

Why FEMA trailers are no good

From the SunHerald (via RedOrbit):
"It is time to start thinking about the thousands of people still living in FEMA trailers as internally displaced persons and get them out of temporary housing now, according to a recent study by the International Medical Corps.

Their plight is not unlike the nearly 25 million internally displaced people worldwide and in many cases is worse, said Dr. Lynn Lawry, director of evidence-based research at IMC, which conducted the study last year."

And later:

"Some of the study's findings:

--More than half of the respondents (almost 400 in both states) met the criteria for some sort of major depressive disorder, according to the study.

--Domestic violence among internally displaced residents was nearly triple the national average."

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