Today a federal judge ruled that FEMA will have to immediately begin paying back rent to thousands of hurricane Rita and Katrina survivors.

Judge Richard J. Leon of federal district court in the District of Columbia, wrote that FEMA must also improve its appeals process. Evacuees have long complained of mountains of red tape, that make it almost impossible to get help.

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“It is unfortunate, if not incredible, that FEMA and its counsel could not devise a sufficient notice system to spare these beleaguered evacuees the added burden of federal litigation to vindicate their constitutional rights,” the judge wrote.

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