MONTGOMERY, Al. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today a reimbursement program that will provide relocation assistance to disaster victims displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The damage and destruction caused by the hurricanes resulted in temporary relocation of many Gulf Coast residents to various locations within and outside of their pre-disaster states.For applicants returning to their pre-disaster state, relocation assistance is available for those who relocate to housing that is not provided by FEMA and is not a hotel or motel. For those families that are already living in their pre-disaster state in FEMA travel trailers or mobile homes, FEMA will pay moving expenses to a FEMA-funded rental resource anywhere in the continental United States. However, FEMA will pay for an in-state move only if the new location is greater than 50 miles from the present location of the applicants.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the transition of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) rental assistance program from FEMA to HUD will be as seamless as possible for the approximately 30,000 FEMA-assisted families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita currently living in private rental units. HUD also announced it has established a toll free call center number, 1-866-373-9509, to answer questions about the transition. The call center will take calls from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the weekends."We are trying to make every effort to ease the concerns of these families and assure them there will be no break in payments," explained HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson. "Some families recently received correspondence indicating the current contractor would not be making payments after August. I want to clarify thatFEMA's contractor, Corporate Lodging Consultants (CLC), will continue to make payments to landlords through October 2007 for those families who FEMA certified as eligible for assistance. Starting November 1, 2007, HUD will assume responsibility through local public housing agencies (PHAs) for future payments."More on HUD TO ASSUME RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA
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Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding Donald E. Powell, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson and FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison announced today that the FEMA temporary housing assistance programs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims have been extended by 18 months until March 1, 2009. The current FEMA extension ends on August 31, 2007.
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