Pending FEMA Checks Were Not a Problem
In reference to the article “Hammers in Full Swing,” (Sept. 27) homeowners were not held at bay for months by pending aid checks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to perform “big home-repair jobs.”
The FEMA Disaster Housing Assistance Program provides either temporary rental assistance or mortgage and rental assistance to eligible disaster-affected homeowners and renters. Homeowners with dwellings that can be made temporarily livable for up to $10,000 may be provided a home repair grant in lieu of other forms of assistance.
This assistance is designed only to provide emergency repairs until the homeowner reaches an insurance settlement or receives a Small Business Administration loan to make major repairs to the home.
FEMA provides disaster housing assistance in as quick and efficient manner as possible.
RUSS EDMONSTON
Pasadena
Edmonston is a public affairs officer with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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