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Delays Plague Distribution of Trailers to Rita Homeless

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By Scott Horsley

Published October 19, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

FEMA contractors have dubbed this trailer park near Baton Rouge "Renaissance Village." So far, FEMA has installed only about 2,400 trailers in Louisiana, a state that lost more than 200,000 homes in the hurricanes.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.

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