Headed Out West: FEMA rustles up land and housing in Assumption Parish

The Assumption Pioneer, which boasts a covered wagon on its banner, describes a modern day land grab, this one by FEMA. The paper reported that Assumption Parish's Police Jury President met with FEMA officials who "were interested in vacant housing, abandoned buildings, vacant mobile homes and any real estate up for grabs." The president even said sewage regulations could be suspended for six months for available housing with unapproved systems. "If somebody has a trailer that was for grandma and that trailer and that sewer system worked for grandma,” the trailer could receive special temporary approval. The Assumption Pioneer claims to be Louisiana's oldest continuously publishing weekly.