Housing Assistance for 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes
June 10th, 2010
When the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assumes control of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) rental program on December 1, 2007, all of the nearly 30,000 residents who were affected by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes will continue to receive housing assistance. The HUD continues to work with its local public housing agencies (PHA) in reaching out to those families who were identified as eligible for this critical housing program. This will assist them in ensuring that their rent payments continue. They will also be offered services that will help them get back on the road to being self-sufficient.
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson said that “Thousands of hurricane victims still need help. That’s why earlier this year we decided to extend the rental housing program, but for FEMA to hand it over to HUD since we are in the long-term housing business.”