DALLAS MAYOR LAURA MILLER LAUNCHES KATRINA HOUSING FUND

With New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin looking on, Dallas Mayor Laura Miller on Friday announced a campaign to raise private dollars to move Hurricane Katrina evacuees into apartments around Dallas. Miller said the city aims to raise $3 million in private donations to cover the first two months' rent for as many as 800 Katrina households.
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Nagin and Miller both expressed frustration with FEMA's involvement in helping the hurricane victims who are now in North Texas; the Dallas mayor said the city is not waiting for federal and state help to move Hurricane Katrina victims out of the city's shelters.

"There is some chaos going on, and dysfunction with the federal government," Miller said. "Dallas can no longer wait."