FEMA Trailer Park Residents Facing June 1 Eviction

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Catherine Dean sits on her makeshift bed in a FEMA trailer she shares with Harvey Tribe (R) in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park March 22, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close June 1st prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left homeless. Residents will receive a federal subsidy to move from the trailers to apartments but the amount is decreasing and will be totally phased out in March 2009 by HUD.

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Harvey Tribe stands in the doorway of his FEMA trailer in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park March 22, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close June 1st prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left homeless. Residents will receive a federal subsidy to move from the trailers to apartments but the amount is decreasing and will be totally phased out in March 2009 by HUD.

Kimber Smith, 7, stands in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park where she lives March 21, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close June 1st prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left homeless. Residents will receive a federal subsidy to move from the trailers to apartments but the amount is decreasing and will be totally phased out in March 2009 by HUD.

Asia Williams holds Brandon Encalade in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park March 21, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close June 1st prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left homeless. Residents will receive a federal subsidy to move from the trailers to apartments but the amount is decreasing and will be totally phased out in March 2009 by HUD.

A resident walks past a row of mailboxes in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park March 22, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close June 1st prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left homeless. Residents will receive a federal subsidy to move from the trailers to apartments but the amount is decreasing and will be totally phased out in March 2009 by HUD.

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Harvey Tribe (4) Catherine Dean (3) Kayla Reddick (2) Jill Williams (2) Dara Barthelemy (2) Brandon Encalade (2) William Eskridge (1)