FEMA extends housing help for Helene victims

FEMA administrator urges Hurricane Helene victims to take action amid risk of losing temporary housing
FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell explained why some Hurricane Helene victims received a notification that their temporary housing would soon come to an end.
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FEMA Director Deanne Criswell addressed reports that the agency has canceled temporary housing for thousands of families in North Carolina.
FEMA extends temporary housing assistance deadline for Helene victims
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — FEMA housing assistance for Helene -displaced families has been extended, North Carolina Governor Josh Stien announced on X. The deadline for Transitional Sheltering Assistance was originally Monday, Jan. 13, but was granted a 24-hour extension due to the winter storm.
Asheville residents call on FEMA to extend housing aid for Hurricane Helene victims
People gathered at Pack Square in downtown Asheville to demand FEMA extend temporary housing assistance for Helene victims.
FEMA still needs rental units for Hurricane Helene survivors
Time is running out for residential property owners to respond to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s call to make rental housing available for Hurricane Helene survivors through the agency’s Direct Lease program.
FEMA kicks hurricane survivors out of temporary housing into snowstorm and freezing temperatures
Approximately 2,000 North Carolina households that survived Hurricane Helene will have to move out of their FEMA-expensed hotel rooms on Saturday amid a winter storm.
FEMA extends housing help for Helene victims amid winter weather for 24 hours
FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program was set to end on Saturday, but the federal agency said it will extend the deadline for 24 hours.
FEMA extends transitional housing program for North Carolina residents displaced by Hurricane Helene
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Gov. Lee calls for $240M in Helene relief grants, $20M for Hampton HS rebuild
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will call for a special legislative session Jan. 27 to address Hurricane Helene relief, his school ...
‘A forgotten land’: Appalachians still enduring devastation from Hurricane Helene
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FEMA assistance available for Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg counties following November storms and flooding in South Carolina
Officials say this is a new major disaster declaration and is separate from the declaration for Hurricane Helene.
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North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in
FEMA will extend temporary shelter assistance to North Carolina residents impacted by Hurricane Helene as winter storms sweep ...