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Nearly 1,500 FEMA units still occupied in ND city
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Federal authorities say nearly 1,500 of the

nearly 2,000 temporary housing units made available after last

year's flood in the Minot area are still occupied.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say the number of

housing units occupied at any one time in Ward County peaked at

1,958.

More than 750 units are in group sites, while the remainder are

scattered throughout the Souris River Valley on private sites. Each

unit has an average of three people.

Adam and Alyssa Cool and their young son have been living in

Virgil Workman Village, a group site southeast of Minot. They say it has been a stressful

and frustrating process, but say it's nice to have a place of their

own while their home is being repaired.