Reginald Jones, Plaintiff In Class Action Against FEMA

Plaintiff Reginald Jones has yet to receive any Temporary Housing Assistance. He was a resident of Plaquemines Parish when Hurricane Katrina struck and destroyed his home. He was evacuated on August 29, 2005, to the Belle Chasse Community Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. After a week, Mr. Jones was moved to the Melville Community Center in Melville, Louisiana, where he finally was able to apply for FEMA benefits. Mr. Jones was then forced to evacuate from Melville because of Hurricane Rita, and spent three days in a Red Cross Shelter in Monroe, Louisiana. After Hurricane Rita passed he was instructed to leave the shelter in Monroe and return to the River Center shelter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In mid-October, Mr. Jones went to the DRC in Belle Chasse to apply for a trailer. That same day, Mr. Jones was told that, to receive benefits, he would need to complete an SBA loan application, which he did. On October 14, 2005, the River Center shelter closed and Mr. Jones was again moved, this time to the Red Cross shelter in Baker, Louisiana. He has repeatedly asked FEMA about the status of his application for a trailer and has been told that there is no facility available on which he may put a trailer.

(From Part III of the Complaint.)