One man emptied his bag on the ground with only rice and hummus, while another man carried a bag of flour, pasta, salt and coffee creamer. Some people managed to get only a bottle of cooking oil or a few cans of food.
“We are willing to move there,” said Abillille, whose family has been offered a home in the new community. “Our problem is where will we get money for our food? We have to buy water there, food and our transportation. Where will I get the money?”Jeremy Garing, too, has frustrations with the new community. The 35-year-old hair dresser must make the expensive daily commute to his job in Tacloban, although he bought a motorcycle to make it easier.
The consolation is that he knows his family — including a newborn daughter — will be there when he gets home.“I really like it here. We will not move anymore. It’s better here,” said Garing, looking over at his sleeping daughter Chiara Mae. “It’s safe.”A niece takes care of the daughter of Jeremy Garing in their home in a new community for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A niece takes care of the daughter of Jeremy Garing in their home in a new community for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Casey reported from Boston.
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Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP’s climate initiativeBecker, whose firm is tracking the DOGE lease cancellations, and other observers said they expect some agencies will be unable to move their personnel and property out of their spaces within such tight timelines. That may force some agencies to pay additional rent during what’s known as a holdover period, undermining DOGE’s stated goal of saving taxpayer money.
The Building Owners and Managers Association, which represents the commercial real estate industry, told landlords in a recent advocacy alert to be prepared to seek payment from any federal government tenants who stay beyond their leases.Asked about plans for buildings with leases that will soon expire, the IRS did not respond. A Social Security Administration spokesperson downplayed the impact of its offices losing leases, saying many were “small remote hearing sites,” did not serve the public, were already being consolidated elsewhere or planned for closure.
Several other agencies provided little clarity — saying they were working with GSA to consider their options, in statements that were nearly identical in some cases.But a spokesperson for the Railroad Retirement Board expressed concern over the upcoming lease cancellations of its offices in Joliet, Illinois, and eight other states, saying it was working to “maintain a public-facing office presence for the local railroad community.”