Disaster Housing Assistance Program
FEMA-HUD Disaster Housing Program Pilot To Launch
FEMA-HUD Interagency Agreement (PDF 3MB)
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 162 (PDF 62KB, TXT 16KB)
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The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development signed an Interagency Agreement on July 26, 2006, under which HUD will administer a pilot program to provide temporary long-term housing rental assistance and case management for Katrina/Rita households. HUD will administer the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) through its Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for eligible Katrina/Rita households who currently are receiving rental assistance from FEMA.
The transition from FEMA rental assistance to the Disaster Housing Assistance Program was scheduled for Sept. 1, 2007, when HUD began implementing the case management portion of the program. However, there was not enough time after the IAA was signed to get all the necessary processes in place to make the rental payments, so that portion of the program was postponed to Nov. 1. To make sure that there will be a seamless transition for the applicants and to allow HUD and the PHAs enough time to complete all of the outreach to the applicants and landlords, FEMA is going to make the November rent payments. HUD will begin making rental payments on Dec. 1.
HUD has established a referral call center with a toll-free number for eligible families and PHAs seeking additional information about the transition to the DHAP. FEMA families currently receiving rental assistance who have been notified by FEMA that they will be transitioned to rental assistance may contact HUD at 1-866-373-9509. Operators are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. More information is available at www.hud.gov/news/dhap.cfm.
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