HUD, FEMA EXTEND DISASTER HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR
GUSTAV/IKE SURVIVORS IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
More than 5,100 families to continue receiving rent assistance through September 2011
All current participants must complete their continued assistance packages to ensure continued rental assistance.
Filed under Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) by 
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced today a second extension to the Disaster Housing Assistance Program-Ike (DHAP-Ike), giving families who were displaced by Hurricanes Ike and Gustav more time to transition to long-term housing solutions. This extension increases the total length of the program to two years for eligible families.
Filed under Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), FEMA, HUD by
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today recognized the HUD partners who worked together over the past two years to successfully complete the Katrina-Rita Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), a rental assistance and case management program that helped 37,000 families who were displaced by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes find a permanent housing solution.
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