FEMA continues to pick up the tab for an estimated 41,000 hotel rooms in 47 states and the District of Columbia at an estimated cost so far of about $350 million.
Howard Godnick, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, said the ruling will ease the burden on Katrina victims stuck in hotels and unable to find other housing.
“The court has ruled that during the cold months of winter and with all of America, and particularly landlords, taking a holiday break, the law requires that a victim be given an opportunity to find housing,” said Howard Godnick, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit.