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Hurricane Ike Information and Resources

FEMA AND ITS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES TO HELP OCCUPANTS OF TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS IN TEXAS TRANSITION TO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING

Working as a team at the federal, state and local level, and with the temporary disaster housing occupants as key players, daily progress continues to be made as a federally mandated End of Program date of March 12, 2010 approaches for occupants of temporary disaster housing units provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

FEMA is working closely with occupants and voluntary organizations to assist all households living in the temporary housing units to take advantage of the resources currently available to assist them in making progress on their permanent housing plans and transition to more permanent housing.

Occupants have several options in transitioning to more permanent safe, secure and sanitary housing, including buying their FEMA unit, receiving additional FEMA funds if choosing to rent elsewhere, and/or repairing their storm-damaged home, if they are homeowners.

It’s important to remember that more than 3,700 Ike survivors used temporary housing units during their recovery. Less than 1,000 households remain in units today. That number continues to decrease daily as occupants buy their units or take advantage of the more than 2,700 available rental resources under the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP).

FEMA is working personally with all applicants, through our caseworkers, who can answer questions and assist as individuals work to secure longer term solutions. Our caseworkers and the state-administered caseworkers are here to support individuals through this process. Together we should reach our combined goal of helping every single occupant of temporary disaster housing move forward with their recovery, find more permanent housing and achieve closure from the devastation brought on by Hurricane Ike.

FEMA understands that the End of Program date of March 12, 2010 may seem too distant of a date to worry about at this time, but the agency stresses that it takes time to repair or rebuild, find another place to live and move into more permanent housing. Therefore, FEMA encourages everyone to take advantage of the many people, programs and properties available now.

Some of the many organizations active in Hurricane Ike’s recovery include:

Area on Aging
Boat People SOS, Inc.
Catholic Charities
Christian Care
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
East Texas Health Access Networks
Fuller Disaster Recovery
GMC Consultants, LL
GRACE
Houston Dept. of Health and Human Services
Houston Works
ICNA Relief USA Programs, Inc.
Luther Social Services Disaster Response, Inc.
Mainland Children’s Partnership, Inc.
Nehemiah’s Vision
Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
RISE – Recovery for Ike Survivors Enterprise
Resource, Independence, Support & Empowerment
Salvation Army
SER Texas Gulf Coast
Society of Saint Vincent De Paul
Southeast Texas Interfaith Organization
Texas Homeowners Assistance Program
Texas PRIDE MHMR
The Gulf Coast Center
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston
V-Family