+Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; United States Senate; Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, Far From Home: Deficiencies in Federal Disaster Housing Assistance After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Recommendations for Improvement (PDF — 4.93M)
"In February 2008, this Subcommittee began a bipartisan investigation into Federal disaster housing response, which was authorized by the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. The Subcommittee investigated the Federal Government's coordinated disaster housing response after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In 2006 the full Senate Committe on Homeland Security and Government Affairs concluded an alternatively focused investigation with a report on preparation and emergency response in Hurricane Katrina.This Subcommittee Report focuses exclusively on housing, specifically the Federal response to housing needs in major disaster declarations." — Executive Summary
