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NEWS ABOUT: shelter

shelter stories: 9 news summaries

FEMA Is Also in the
Prevention Business

Agency funds preparation projects; some scientists want to see more

Feb 15, 09 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - FEMA may be best known for its response in times of crisis, but it also tries to provide help before disaster strikes, NPR reports. In the tiny Missouri hamlet of Niangua, a tornado shelter mostly funded by the agency will soon be able to house the entire town—a relief... More »

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tornado • shelter • FEMA • Missouri • disaster preparedness

(Newser) - The poor and homeless in Milan will get a pricey treat this holiday season, the BBC reports. Officials will distribute 88 pounds of beluga caviar seized from smugglers to the city’s shelters and soup kitchens. The sturgeon roe, confiscated in November en route from Poland, is valued at around... More »

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Italy • homeless • shelter • poor • Milan • sturgeon • contraband • smuggler • soup kitchen • beluga caviar • Caspian Sea

(Newser) - A select group of homeless people in Los Angeles now have some relatively decent digs, the Los Angeles Times reports. The EDAR, which stands for for Everyone Deserves a Roof, is a portable shelter that can be used to transport belongings by day. At night it unfolds into a... More »

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philanthropy • California • Los Angeles • homeless • shelter • poverty • Peter Samuelson

 Trump Houses 
 Hudson, Family 

Hudson and relatives stay at Trump Tower for free

Nov 11, 08 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Donald Trump has been sheltering Jennifer Hudson and some relatives in his swanky, self-named tower for free since the Oscar-winner's mother, brother, and nephew were murdered last month, People reports. “She's a great girl. And we're protecting them well,” the mogul says. More »

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Donald Trump • murder • homicide • shelter • protection • Jennifer Hudson

300 in Limbo as Houston's Last Ike Shelter Closes

Many still wrangling with FEMA, other agencies, blast 'ridiculous lies'

Oct 16, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Red Cross will boot nearly 300 Hurricane Ike survivors from its remaining Houston shelter Sunday, the Chronicle reports, leaving them to the care of federal and local agencies some accuse of “ridiculous lies.” The possibility of transitional housing does little for one FEMA reject, who was told... More »

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Houston • bureaucracy • homeless • shelter • FEMA • American Red Cross • Hurricane Ike

 Galveston Resort 
 Turns Into Storm Central 

500 to 800 souls took refuge at a convention center in Galveston during Ike's assault

Sep 13, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A motley crew rode out Hurricane Ike at Galveston’s San Luis Resort, Spa, & Conference Center, Joel Achenbach writes for the Washington Post. Up to 800 people were there, among them the mayor, cops and firefighters, along with storm chasers and drenched refugees holed up as the wind... More »

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Texas • shelter • flooding • evacuation • refugee • Galveston • Hurricane Ike

 Junta Closing Cyclone Shelters 

UN official denounces coerced moves

May 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese junta has reportedly begun closing shelters and telling cyclone victims to return to their decimated villages, a move that drew strong condemnation from a UN official, the BBC reports. Military leaders, apparently worried that the camps will become permanent aid centers, have given victims tents and bamboo poles... More »

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homeless • shelter • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

Homeless Look to Foreclosures

Spike in empty homes provides convenient, albeit sometimes dangerous, shelter

Feb 19, 08 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - As the nation's spate of foreclosures leaves more people homeless, more homeless people are finding shelter in those newly abandoned buildings, the AP reports. The stock of foreclosed homes in hard-hit areas may well outnumber people on the street, leading many to chance arrest or a run-in with drug dealers... More »

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Cleveland • foreclosure • Philadelphia • homeless • shelter • urban poverty • subprime crisis • vacant homes

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

Repeat patients who use it as refuge are costing New York millions

Apr 17, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drug addicts who check into New York hospital detox units dozens of times per year cost the state more than $300 million annually. These frequent fliers are often homeless or mentally ill people who see detox as a source of food and housing. People use it instead of the shelter... More »

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rehab • drugs • New York City • drug addiction • detox • hospitals • housing • treatment • homeless • shelter • addiction

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