FEMA Aids Disaster Victims In Finding Rental Resources
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Release Number: 1603-609
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NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reaching out to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by aiding them in their search to find rental properties.
The FEMA Rental Resources Department has been contacting property managers, housing associations, owners and real estate companies to gather and maintain rental property information. To date, the department has identified approximately 2,000 apartments in both Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, 1,000 in Baton Rouge and nearly 400 in both St. Tammany Parish and the Lake Charles area. Additional units are available in almost every parish in the state.
FEMA encourages anyone displaced by the hurricanes, whether they are living in a FEMA trailer or elsewhere in the country, to call the FEMA Rental Resources Department at 1-888-294-2822, from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A FEMA representative will assist callers in finding the rental that meets their location and price range needs.
Applicants can also search for rental property at https://rims.fema.gov/hportal/home.htm, the FEMA housing portal containing a consolidated database of all rentals located by FEMA, or at www.lahousingsearch.org,a housing site maintained by the state of Louisiana. Web sites are updated continuously, so applicants should check back often.
FEMA manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident, initiates mitigation activities and manages the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA works closely with state and local emergency managers, law enforcement personnel, firefighters and other first responders. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 13-Mar-2007 10:32:51