FEMA temporary housing News

Where to Call Home When Displaced by a Storm

As the pounding rains from Hurricane Florence finally ended, Lutrice Garcia left the shelter where she had spent several nights on a cot and tried to head home. But floodwaters from overflowing Crooked Creek covered the road and an emergency …

FEMA Says Temporary Mobile Homes Returning to Louisiana After Flooding

Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding. These houses, though, will be on blocks and strapped down …

FEMA Temporary Housing Mission in Minot Ends

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s twice-extended temporary housing program to accommodate Minot, N.D., area residents left homeless by a historic Souris River flood has come to a close after two years and three months. FEMA brought in 2,052 mobile homes …