We're gonna start housing, we hope that, 
either house the first family this 

afternoon, so that's a start. 
Apparently we have over 200 ordered 

coming to Joplin, to our staging area. 

We have identified, as of close of 
business yesterday, over 500 families 

that have the need for units.

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The city of Joplin was about 45% proper 
in terms of rental properties and 

FEMA has helped us take some of that 
pressure off those rental properties, 

because obviously we lose a lot of those 
due to the tornado's path.

They become their temporary housing 
and they can stay in them up to 

18 months while they're obtaining 
their permanent housing.

FEMA has been able to supply us with 
opportunities and resources, 

that simply put, many times we had not 
ever thought of. 

FEMA has been able to supply us with, 
in this case, manufactured housing.

Once a family gets into one of these 
units, they bring in their own 

personal stuff, even though we provide 
furniture, they'll come in and 

I've seen families hand their family 
photos and pictures of what they have, 

you know, remaining from the remnants 
of the storm. So it just gives them, 

I think, a sense of security.