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Housing for Katrina refugees
Submitted by Rick on Tue, 09/06/2005 - 7:35am.
Refugees from Katrina are headed this way, according to the Olympian. One family is taking in 25 relatives:
"We're going to put them up in tents," she said. "We're going to have the little kids in the house. And try to find them housing as soon as possible, so they can get back to normal living conditions."

Khaos has an idea:
Earlier in this blog the Olympian was quoted as saying "As many as a couple dozen vacant downtown storefronts have become an issue in recent months for neighboring businesses and tourists." See More Vacancies Downtown.

What better way to put this space to use than to house hurricane evacuees. I can't put anyone up as I'm currently houseless myself, but I am totally willing to volunteer at a local shelter for evacuees.


Sounds like a good idea.
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