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The Guardian - UK
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Hurricane Katrina trailer parks close down

A pickup truck tows one of about 20,000 mobile homes and travel trailers owned by the FEMA from Hope Municipal Airport near Hope
Hope, Arkansas: Some of about 20,000 mobile homes and travel trailers that are being removed from the municipal airport Photograph: Danny Johnston/AP
A cruise ship passes the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park.
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: A cruise ship passes in the background of the Fema Diamond trailer park Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Kimber Smith stands in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park in Port Sulphur, Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Kimber Smith stands in the Diamond trailer park. Most residents will receive a federal subsidy to move to apartments, but affordable rental housing is scarce in areas like New Orleans and Baton Rouge Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Ethel Demolle, 83, is seen in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park in Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Diamond park resident Ethel Demolle, 83 Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
A child looks out of a trailer in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park in Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Doctors fear tens of thousands of children were exposed to dangerous levels of the cancer-causing agent formaldehyde in the post-Katrina trailers and could have lifelong illnesses Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Adrian Cross, 10, stands on top of his parent's packed car as they prepare to move out of their trailer in FEMA Diamond trailer park
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Adrian Cross, 10, stands on his parents' packed car as they prepare to leave their trailer park for an apartment Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Kailah Smith, 18 months, sleeps on a moldy couch caused by rain leaks in her parents' trailer in Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Kailah Smith, 18 months, sleeps on a mattress turned mouldy from rain leaks in her family's Diamond park trailer. She has gone to hospital four times with bronchitis since they moved in and her parents blame the living conditions Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Cats eat in the FEMA Diamond trailer park in Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Cats in the Diamond trailer park Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Students sit outside a classroom at Edward Livingston High School in New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana: Students sit outside a classroom at Edward Livingston high school, which was wrecked by flooding and only reopened last autumn in these modular buildings Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Michael St. Ann reads FEMA notices posted on his trailer door in the FEMA Diamond trailer park, Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Michael St Ann reads Fema notices posted on his trailer door in the Diamond trailer park. St Ann lost his home in Katrina and is trying to move on to a property he recently bought Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Nakeva Narcisse and daughter Asanta Mackey, 5, sit in their trailer in the FEMA Diamond trailer park in Louisiana
Port Sulphur, Louisiana: Nakeva Narcisse and daughter Asanta Mackey, five, outside their trailer in the Diamond park. Asanta has a persistent cough and is one of the children doctors fear have been left ill from the living conditions Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
Natalie Parker, 6, hold hers sister Savannah Riley, 9 months, outside their FEMA trailer in Louisiana.
Buras, Louisiana: Natalie Parker, six, holds her sister Savannah Riley, nine months, outside their Fema trailer. Natalie's mother says the girl has experienced asthma and other health difficulties since moving in Photograph: Mario Tama /Getty
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