As tornadoes and other disasters roll across the nation’s south, and problems plague the West Coast, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is again looking at the need for temporary housing, including the use of RVs. With the problems associated with emergency housing for hurricane victims over the last two years, some are a […]
It was sure to happen, and now it has. RV, park model, and mobile home manufacturers, along with FEMA (the US Federal Emergency Management Agency) have been named as defendants in a class action lawsuit brought by 55 Gulf Coast residents who claim that the “manufacturers failed to warn the federal government about […]
Following the FEMA formaldehyde debacle, wherein RVs used for emergency disaster housing turned out to be a disaster in themselves, it looks like RV builders will be taking a deep breath and looking for some fresh air.
The RVIA (Recreation Vehicle Industry Association), the RV industry’s own self-policing group, says it will mandate a new formaldehyde […]
Late in February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published their interim findings after having tested hurricane relief trailers for formaldehyde. Probably to the chagrin of manufacturers, the CDC did not spare naming the builders of rigs tested, along with results of that testing.
Among the manufacturers whose rigs showed the highest concentrations of […]
In the ever-deeping mire of formaldehyde in RVs saga, now Asian exporter China is drawn into the goo.
As Congress continues to investigate the issues behind reports of folks getting sick in FEMA provided emergency RV housing, the virtual flood of information runs unabated. This time, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a public policy […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is finally calling it quits with recreational vehicles. In the continuing saga of formaldehyde in emergency housing, FEMA has made the decision that apparently the troubles are more than they’re worth.
After the Centers for Disease Control revealed they found toxic fume levels in FEMA provided trailers at rates five […]
Just when you thought you’d heard the last of the FEMA disaster RV debacle, Congress steps in with yet another chapter to add to the saga.
Democratic party members on the House Science and Technology subcommittee have sent a tersely worded letter to the director of the US Homeland Security Department — the “head office” — […]
The saga of the FEMA Formaldehyde Flap Continues unabated. The latest in the series of news the RV industry hates to hear is that Uncle Sam is offering to buy back trailers it sold both to hurricane survivors and “surplus” units it auctioned between July of 2006 and July 2007.
Nearly 11,000 surplus units went […]
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