HURRICANE IAN SURVIVORS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSITIONAL SHELTERING
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20221007/hurricane-ian-survivors-may-be-eligible-transitional-sheltering]


Release Date: 
October 7, 2022 

TALLAHASSEE – The state of Florida and FEMA have activated the
Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for Hurricane Ian
survivors in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee, Highlands,
Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk,
Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns and Volusia counties.

Survivors from these counties who have applied for disaster assistance
may be eligible to shelter in a hotel or motel paid for by FEMA. They
may be eligible for TSA if they cannot return to their home and their
housing needs cannot be met by insurance, shelters or rental
assistance provided by FEMA or another agency (federal, state or
nonprofit).

Survivors will be notified of their eligibility through an automated
phone call, text message and/or email, depending upon the method of
communication they selected when they applied for assistance.

Under the TSA program, FEMA pays the cost of room, taxes and
non-refundable pet fees directly to participating hotels and motels.
Survivors are responsible for all other costs, including laundry, room
service, parking, telephone, food, transportation and other services.

Continued eligibility is determined on an individual basis. When
eligibility ends, Survivors will be notified by FEMA seven days prior
to checkout date.

TSA is limited to participating lodging properties in Florida,
Alabama, and Georgia.

TSA does not count toward an applicant’s maximum amount of
assistance available under the Individuals and Households Program
(IHP).

Survivors can apply for FEMA assistance by visiting
disasterassistance.gov [http://www.disasterassistance.gov/], calling
the disaster assistance helpline at 800-621-3362, or using the FEMA
mobile app
[https://www.fema.gov/about/news-multimedia/mobile-app-text-messages].
If you use a relay service, such as video relay (VRS), captioned
telephone or other service, give FEMA the number for that service.

For the latest information on Florida’s recovery from Hurricane Ian,
visit  floridadisaster.org/info
[https://www.floridadisaster.org/info] and fema.gov/disaster/4673
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4673]. Follow FEMA Region 4
(@femaregion4) / Twitter [https://twitter.com/femaregion4] and at
facebook.com/fema [http://www.facebook.com/fema].