As blue roofs near installation in Louisiana, state leaders push for wider qualifications

Louisiana congressional leaders Monday asked federal officials to revise the criteria used for which parishes get temporary roofs after East Baton Rouge Parish and others were excluded from the assistance.

The request was made by U.S. Reps. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge; Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson; Troy Carter, D-New Orleans; Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette; and Julia Letlow, R-Start, in a pointed letter to FEMA Administrator Deane Criswell.

A total of 15 parishes have been approved for the roofs, but 10 declared disaster areas after Hurricane Ida are left out, including East Baton Rouge Parish.

The 15 parishes approved for blue roofs are Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Terrebonne.

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