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FEMA backs off trailer evictions plan
AP   Thursday, 22 June 2006

Shrimp boat deck-hand Phillip Gilhang, 20, walks past his neighbors' FEMA trailers after taking a break from work in Venice, Louisiana June 11, 2006. With Hurricane season just beginning, many fear for the worst for the community. REUTERS/Sean GardnerAP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is checking whether thousands of families in Mississippi and Louisiana are eligible for the government-issued trailers they're living in, but officials have stepped back from evicting hundreds of the families.


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