February 14, 2018

FEMA: How to Create Permanent Housing Plans

FEMA Guidance on Moving Back Home

Florida Hurricane Irma survivors who return home achieve a recovery milestone. They can reach this goal by creating a realistic permanent housing plan.

Survivors who receive temporary FEMA housing assistance—hotel stays, rental assistance, travel trailers and FEMA-paid apartments—must routinely show they still need help and look for long-term options.

They may show long-term housing progress to FEMA if they:

For those who want to return to their pre-disaster home, they should prepare to move back when it becomes habitable even if repairs are not 100 percent complete. This means:

FEMA can help Hurricane Irma survivors in temporary housing create permanent housing plans so they can get back home. They should contact their FEMA advisor for assistance.

This post was originally published here.