Comprehensive transitional housing assistance program for Katrina evacuees

Citation

(2006), "Comprehensive transitional housing assistance program for Katrina evacuees", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315cab.007

Comprehensive transitional housing assistance program for Katrina evacuees

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have implemented a series of measures to accelerate the delivery of federal assistance and provide transitional housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Together, these federal programs intend to help displaced individuals and families obtain needed stability while providing them with flexible housing options as the country works to rebuild communities throughout the Gulf Coast region.

Through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP), DHS will process expedited transitional housing assistance for qualified homeowners and renters displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Because not all evacuees are eligible for assistance through the IHP program, displaced families, including formerly HUD assisted evacuees and those homeless prior to Hurricane Katrina, will qualify for the Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program administered by HUD through the established network of local public housing authorities.

A general description of the two programs is available in the press release at: www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0766.xml. More detailed information is available through FEMA at: www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinatrans housing.shtm and HUD at: www.hud.gov/offices/pih/.