People are still living in FEMA's toxic trailers

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

American favelas...

It will get worse before it gets better.

[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Did that one guy say he was paying over $1200 a month to live in that shack? That can't be right.

[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

lol. try living in NZ. weekly rent ~400 for a single room in auckland

[–]ReeferMadness 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Pass. There is a reason New Zealand is left off of so many maps.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Eventually all the toxic volatiles will have evaporated into the air. If I lived in one of these things, I'd have a fan on each end, one to blow fresh air in and the other to exhaust it. Hopefully, the intake isn't blowing in some other nasty crap.

The toxic materials are FEMA equivalent of the plasticizer "new car smell". It doesn't last forever. It's a shame that they went cheap in tne first place, though.

[–]ReeferMadness 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

FEMA didn't go cheap, the manufacturer did. The government is not legally allowed to manufacture it's own stuff. They have to put out a request and allow everyone to bid on it, then they take the lowest bid offer. The manufacturer then cuts corners wherever possible because that is how they maximize profit, and the quality does not matter. Once they win the contract whatever they deliver that is technically within the requirements of the bid has to be accepted.

FEMA most likely paid several times more than those trailers would sell on the open market.