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As harsh as it sounds, I think after a certain point you have to cut the cord. Defining that certain point is definitely hard b/c there will always be people who say they should have had more time.
On the news, there were stories of people who were living in the hotels, but had gov't provided apartments but just weren't living in those apts that are paid for because they wanted to use the hotel furniture.
There was also another story of a woman who was a Katrina victim that was on a morning radio show. This station raised several hundred thousand dollars to help the Katrina victims and the station used part of that money to buy this woman a bus ticket to Minnesota or something like that b/c she had family there. They even provided her with spending money for food.
And ya know what? The second she heard the gov't was helping ppl move into apartments, she called the radio station b/c she wanted to come back to DFW to get a free apartment. How messed up is that? Anyway, I know that is just one of several thousand people, but still...
I think about 3 mos is adequate b/c it has given these people time to find jobs, contact their families that they could possibly stay with, or do what they need to do to pick up the pieces and keep on stepping.
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