Appeal planned on Katrina funds
From Times Wire Reports
The Bush administration has decided to appeal a court order requiring it to make housing payments to thousands of families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, officials said.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said last week that confusing, often contradictory letters to hurricane victims from the Federal Emergency Management Agency didn’t explain why housing funding was cut. He said that violated the Constitution, and he ordered the agency to restart the program immediately.
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