Over 9,000 FEMA trailers stored at this Marion County site have been auctioned off by the government.
By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher
Over 9,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers stored on land off Highway 43 in Marion County have been auctioned off by the government.
The trailers were used as temporary housing after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita five years ago. All 9,104 trailers stored at the Marion County site were purchased by Lance Inderman for $9.1 million, according to the General Services Administration, the government agency that handled the auction. According to the GSA, the trailers must be removed from the Marion County site by September.
The GSA would not release any information on Inderman and did not know how he plans to use the trailers. Inderman could not be reached for comment. Inderman had to sign a waiver saying he would not use the trailers for housing.
The government found that there were significant levels of formaldehyde in many of the more than 100,000 FEMA trailers provided to hurricane victims. Formaldehyde was used to make the wood products in the trailers and is a carcinogen.
I really hate that they auctioned off these trailers. The government was doing such a fine job of fleecing the taxpayers by paying the landowner rent per trailer.
Now what are they gonna do to squander our money? The Feds really need to start thinking things through before making decisions like this.
the last thing I heard was that the gov’t was going to lease the same property to use it as a gravel pit, (for gov’t use only, of course)
nope,they are not going to lease the same property for a gravel pit
the property was recenty sold from the previous land owner,the new land owners are going to use the property for a gravel pit and it wont be just for the goverment!!!!
so before you start talking trash get the facts straight first.enough said!!!!!!!!!
It only took 4 years and all that taxpayer’s money wasted for them to finally figure out what to do with these trailers. so i’m not talking trash about anyone, does anyone know how that site was chosen and why ? Also if anyone could tell us all how much taxpayer dollars got wasted on this little train wreck (storing them for years)