FEMA Rental Assistance is available to homeowners and renters, including students, who are displaced because of the Oklahoma severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding.
Who Can Apply for Rental Assistance?
If you received FEMA Displacement Assistance, you are automatically eligible for Rental Assistance. To request it, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 or visit a Disaster Recovery Center.
If you did not receive Displacement Assistance, but have home damage and are registered with FEMA, you can request Rental Assistance by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 or visiting a Disaster Recovery Center.
You can apply for FEMA assistance if you live in Blaine, Caddo, Carter, Craig, Custer, Delaware, Hughes, Jackson, Johnston, Kay, Lincoln, Love, Mayes, McClain, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Washington or Washita County. You may be eligible for Rental Assistance.
What Is Rental Assistance?
FEMA Rental Assistance can help cover temporary housing costs while you are displaced. You can use this money to stay in a hotel, in an RV, with family and friends, or other options while your home is repaired, or you look for a new place to rent.
What Does Rental Assistance Cover?
- Rental Assistance covers temporary housing while you are unable to live in your permanent residence.
- Rental Assistance can be used for rent, security deposits and the cost of essential utilities (gas, water and electric).
- Rental Assistance can be used for short-term hotel stays while you look for a place to rent.
- Rental Assistance cannot pay for cable or internet.
How Long Does Rental Assistance Support Me?
The initial grant is for two months.
Can Rental Assistance Be Extended?
Yes. Keep your receipts for every month, and you may be eligible for Continued Temporary Rental Assistance for up to 18 months from the date of the declaration.
What if I have Insurance?
- File a claim as soon as possible.
- Your insurance company will give you a claim settlement or denial document that includes Additional Living Expenses to provide to FEMA.
How to Apply
- You can apply for FEMA assistance in four ways:
- Visit DisasterAssistance.gov.
- Download the FEMA App.
- Call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362.
- Get a list of open Disaster Recovery Centers at fema.gov/drc if you want to meet us in person.
- Submit your insurance settlement or denial documents to FEMA for review as soon as you receive them.
- If your policy does not include additional living expenses, or if you use up this coverage and still cannot live in your home, you may be eligible for FEMA Rental Assistance.
For the latest information, visit fema.gov/disaster/4776 or fema.gov/disaster/4791. Follow our social media accounts at x.com/FEMARegion6 or facebook.com/FEMARegion6/.
FEMA is committed to ensuring disaster assistance is accomplished equitably, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. Any disaster survivor or member of the public may contact the FEMA Civil Rights Office if they feel that they have a complaint of discrimination. FEMA’s Civil Rights Office can be contacted at FEMA-CivilRightsOffice@fema.dhs.gov or toll-free at 833-285-7448. Multilingual operators are available.