Fact Sheet: Providing Continued Assistance For Gulf Coast Hurricane Victims
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Today, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding Donald Powell, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator David Paulison announced coordinated, additional measures to further assist Gulf Coast hurricane victims. These actions are designed to provide longer-term permanent housing solutions to individuals displaced from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

• Temporary housing assistance programs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims living in apartments, trailers or mobile homes have been extended by 18 months until March 2009. The current extension expires on August 31, 2007.
• GCR, HUD and FEMA are working on a plan whereby HUD would take over management of the rental housing program on behalf of FEMA beginning on September 1, 2007. GCR, HUD and FEMA are working on the mechanics of the new arrangement and will consult with Congress on the most appropriate structure for transferring management responsibilities.
• Beginning in March 2008, individuals in both the rental housing and trailer/mobile home programs will pay a portion of the cost, which will begin at $50 per month and incrementally increase each month thereafter until the program concludes on March 1, 2009.
• Beginning immediately, FEMA will allow residents of its mobile homes and travel trailers to purchase their dwellings at a fair and equitable price.
• Families and individuals in both the rental and trailer/mobile home programs will be given complete information, supportive services, resources and ample time to prepare themselves for the end of temporary, subsidized housing.

See also: NLIHC Gives Mixed Reviews to Administration’s Extended Gulf Coast Housing Response Plan (National Low Income Housing Coalition)

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