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Hurricane Michael Florida FEMA A state/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center is now open in Wakulla County. State Action Ten shelters housing over 1,500 people remain open throughout the state. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is helping those displaced by the storm find affordable rental housing through its service Socialserve. Those looking for housing can visit www.FloridaHousingSearch.org. Continue reading

Hurricane Michael During a tour on Monday through impacted areas in Florida and Georgia, President Trump praised the federal and state response and said he would ask Congress for additional emergency disaster aid. Congress recently approved $1.68 billion for disaster recovery and is likely to pass additional aid following the November midterm elections. Through October Continue reading

Hurricane Michael Florida FEMA FEMA Administrator Brock Long on October 12 criticized residents that did not evacuate prior to Hurricane Michael. He stated that those living on the coast have “not learned the lesson” to heed evacuation warnings and stressed the need for additional resiliency in these communities. NLIHC conducted analysis that suggested as many Continue reading

Hurricane Michael NLIHC compiled initial estimates of the impact Hurricane Michael will have on low income communities. About 20% of the region lives below the poverty line, and as many as 80,000 families lacked transportation to evacuate. Nearly 130,000 affordable rental homes–43,000 of them subsidized, and over 200,000 mobile homes were in Hurricane Michael’s path. Continue reading

Hurricane Michael Florida FEMA The President approved Florida’s request for pre-landfall emergency declaration (EM-3405) for Hurricane Michael on October 9. Under the Title V of the Stafford Act, the declaration authorizes FEMA to provide assistance to state and local governments for debris removal and emergency protective measures to “save lives and protect property and public Continue reading