FEMA MAY PROVIDE RESIDENTS CONTINUED TEMPORARY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IF
NEEDED
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230111/fema-may-provide-residents-continued-temporary-rental-assistance-if-needed]


Release Date: 
Tháng 1 11, 2023 

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Puerto Rico residents who received
temporary rental assistance from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) after Hurricane Fiona may be eligible to continue
receiving this benefit, if they can demonstrate an ongoing need for
rental assistance and meet program qualifications.

To qualify for this benefit, survivors must have received initial
rental assistance, show they still have disaster-related financial
needs and show they are working on a permanent housing plan that
provides safe, sanitary and functional housing, within a reasonable
time frame. Also, survivors must demonstrate they are unable to return
to their pre-disaster residence because it is uninhabitable,
inaccessible, or not available due to disaster damage.

Eligible survivors may apply for continued rental assistance by
providing:

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A copy of their current lease;

 	*
receipts showing the proper use of federal disaster housing
assistance;

 	*
current household income status; and

 	*
post-disaster housing costs.

To apply for continued rental assistance, survivors can call FEMA’s
Helpline at 1-800-621-3362, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time, seven
days a week. Those who use a relay service, such as video relay
service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, must give FEMA
the number for that service. Survivors can also visit
disasterassistance.gov [http://www.disasterassistance.gov] or download
the FEMA app
[https://www.fema.gov/about/news-multimedia/mobile-products?utm_source=news+release&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3.0_launch].

Extensions on rental assistance run for three-month periods, up to a
maximum of 18 months from the date of the presidential disaster
declaration for Hurricane Fiona, which is September 21, 2022.