FEMA provides financial assistance to make sure those displaced by Hurricane Florence are in safe and secure housing. This is especially true as colder temperatures move into North Carolina. If a person has received FEMA funds, they can use that money to pay for a hotel or motel room.
Many people are staying in a home without heat or outside in a tent or other temporary shelter. If you know someone doing so, encourage them to use their FEMA funds for a hotel room.
If residents do get a hotel room during this cold snap, they should keep their receipts. This will serve as proof that the FEMA assistance was used as intended. It will also help to show a continued need for housing help. This may allow the person to receive additional FEMA funds if they are eligible.
Receipts should show survivors’ names, the name of the lodging facility, dates of occupancy and the amount paid.