Arkansas renters with losses not covered by insurance can apply for federal disaster assistance after the March and April severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. FEMA Individual Assistance is available to homeowners and renters, including students.
FEMA can help pay for temporary housing if an applicant is displaced from a residence damaged by the disaster.
Under FEMA’s Other Needs Assistance program, renters may also qualify for financial assistance for essential personal property and other disaster-related expenses. These may include:
- Replacement or repair of necessary personal property such as clothing, textbooks or school supplies. FEMA may also help replace furniture or appliances you purchased.
- Replacement or repair of tools and other job-related equipment if you are self-employed.
- Vehicle repair or replacement.
- Uninsured or out-of-pocket medical/dental expenses, childcare, moving and storage expenses.
Residents with homeowners’ or renters’ insurance are encouraged to file a claim as soon as possible with their insurance carrier. By law, FEMA cannot provide funding for losses covered by your insurance. If your policy does not cover all disaster expenses, you may then be eligible for federal assistance.
Survivors in Greene, Hot Spring, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp and Stone counties may apply for federal assistance if they had damage in the March 14-15 storms. Residents who were affected by the April 2-22 storms, tornadoes and flooding in Clark, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Desha, Fulton, Hot Spring, Jackson, Miller, Ouachita, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Francis, Saline, Sharp and White counties may also apply.
If you were affected by both disasters, you are encouraged to file a separate FEMA application for each. The deadline for the March storms is Monday, July 14. The last day to apply for the April storms is Monday, July 21.
There are several ways to apply. You may go to DisasterAssistance.gov; download the FEMA App for mobile devices; or call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. CT. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service, captioned telephone or other service, you can give FEMA your number for that service.
- In-person survivor assistance is also available at several sites across the impacted area. To find dates and locations, visit fema.gov/disaster/4865, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the link under “In-person Survivor Assistance.”
- For an accessible video on how to apply for assistance, go to Three Ways to Register for FEMA Disaster Assistance - YouTube.
For the latest information about Arkansas’ recovery, visit fema.gov/disaster/4865 or fema.gov/disaster/4873. Follow FEMA Region 6 on social media at x.com/FEMARegion6 and at facebook.com/FEMARegion6/