These days, he sets up temporary housing for people like himself, left homeless by the storm.
While all this is going on the existing contractors will continue their work providing temporary housing.
In New Jersey, impacted individuals can request rental payments for temporary housing for those whose homes are unlivable.
They're trying to basically construct temporary housing for some of the people who have been displaced by the hurricane.
This partnership will help people move into badly needed temporary housing even faster.
One use is people moving to San Francisco and using Airbnb for temporary housing while looking for an apartment.
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Margaret Davidson said welfare reform and the council's plans for temporary housing for homeless people had created a "perfect storm".
In New Jersey, for example, federal aid programs granted to FEMA include rental payments for temporary housing for those whose homes are unlivable.
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These declarations also make federal assistance available directly to affected individuals, including temporary housing assistance, low-cost loans, and other resources to help cover uninsured losses.
For McCartney, that means helping to address the housing needs of thousands of families still living in Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers or temporary housing.
He said temporary housing topped a commitment to build council houses.
Many of those forced from their homes were given temporary housing.
At the Cass Community Social Services in Detroit, the residents who are homeless, in transitional or temporary housing, never expressed any interest in environmental issues before.
Oil company, Chevron, has set up a small tent city near one of its refineries to serve as temporary housing for displaced workers and their families.
Australia was also working to distribute critical resources such as bottled water and tarpaulins for temporary housing to affected countries, Downer told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio.
In Tohoku, nearly 350, 000 people remain displaced from their homes, with many living in cramped temporary housing, some jobless, some without hope, as they face an uncertain future.
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And so what we're doing is starting to shift to identify where we can have temporary housing outside of shelters so people can get some sense of normalcy.
About 1, 500 people in Louisiana are still living in temporary housing, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, although that is down from a high of more than 90, 000.
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The national disaster agency said it could take up to six months to build temporary housing for the 60, 000 who are now homeless in the wake of the storm.
Our First Stop Resource Center's housing program provides temporary housing and support services for these at-risk and homeless female veterans, with and without children, and families of soldiers and veterans.
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Many of the families who left Gaza by the deadline moved into temporary housing, but hundreds of other families who'd made no plans to leave have been sent to hotels.
Jones says she's wonders why, when people in other states have long since moved into temporary housing, she and others in Louisiana are still sleeping in auditoriums and in church basements.
Set adjacent to the organization's original Stand Down House for male veterans, the two new residence buildings can provide temporary housing for up to eight single female veterans and two small families.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
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He said that just after a bomb scare, he stayed with fellow student Nick Czarnek, who is part of an emerging network that uses social media to offer temporary housing for displaced students.
Row upon row of the mobile homes, nearly identical, all covered with white aluminum siding, sit unoccupied, while just a few hundred miles away on the Gulf Coast an estimated 98, 000 people still lack temporary housing.
However, nearly six months on many of the 80, 000 people who were evacuated from the area are living in temporary housing or shelters, with no indication of when or if they will be able to return home.
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Like contractors who get paid to rebuild homes and buildings, RV makers figure to get a shot in the arm, as new customers looking for temporary housing and a home-based escape route for the next disaster start lining up.
The President charged his team to focus on three key areas: First, he directed that especially in light of colder weather, temporary housing for those who have lost their homes, or lost heat or power should be a top priority.
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