Disaster Relief Funding Extended
San Fernando Valley residents still recovering from the 1994 Northridge earthquake got a bit of good news this week when officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency extended the deadline for those receiving disaster relief rental funds.
FEMA representatives pushed back the deadline of Jan. 17 to April 17 in hopes of giving victims of the quake more time either to find affordable housing or to move back into homes that are being rebuilt or refurbished because of structural damage.
“This program is essential to individual homeowners, especially condominium owners, and to the economic well-being of our area, which is continuing to suffer severe financial distress as a result of this disaster,” said Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson (D-Woodland Hills).
Beilenson, who also represents Las Virgenes, Malibu and the Conejo Valley, had earlier lobbied FEMA to extend the deadline because he said many condominium and single-family homeowners in his district still needed the aid.
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