Release Number:
043
Release Date:
April 24, 2025
FEMA is offering the sale of temporary housing units to eligible occupants currently living in FEMA-provided units who lack a permanent housing option.
Temporary Housing Unit Sales to Occupants
- Eligible occupants receive a letter from FEMA asking if they are interested in purchasing the travel trailer or manufactured housing unit (MHU) they are currently occupying. If interested, occupants must sign and return a notice of interest form. Interested occupants will be provided information on the sales process and requirements.
- To be eligible to purchase the unit they are occupying, occupants must:
- Lack a permanent housing solution before the end of the period of assistance;
- Be compliant with the rules and conditions of the revocable license signed at move-in;
- Agree to acquire hazard insurance for the travel trailer or MHU;
- Ensure the location for the unit complies with all federal, state and local laws, codes and ordinances;
- Be responsible for costs incurred to bring the unit into compliance with local codes and ordinances;
- Identify a new location for the unit and be responsible for transportation, prior to sale, if the unit currently resides in a commercial park;
- Understand the unit may be required to be relocated within 30 days of the sale;
- Understand utility payments will be owner responsibility;
- Understand all units are sold “as is, where is” with no implied warranties;
- And understand the only unit they can purchase is the unit they are currently occupying.
- FEMA is using the National Average U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) sale price of similar units as the base sale price for travel trailers and MHUs in North Carolina.
- If an eligible applicant is unable to afford the unit price, they may petition for a reduced price. No unit will be sold for less than 25% of the sale price established by FEMA.
- Upon completion of the sale, the applicant and members of the household will no longer be eligible to receive additional FEMA housing assistance for the disaster.
- If the applicant fails to maintain insurance on the unit after purchase, they will no longer be eligible for future financial disaster assistance from FEMA.
- Eligible applicants who do not want to participate in the sales program can continue to live in their FEMA-provided units temporarily until the program ends with verifiable progress toward their long-term housing plan.