More FEMA dollars on the way
FEMA has approved more reimbursement money for Houston, Harris County, and Montgomery County:
FEMA announced today the approval of $101 million in public assistance grants to reimburse the city of Houston for shelter it provided to Katrina evacuees.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency also announced it has awarded an $8.8 million public assistance grant to the state of Texas to reimburse Harris County for costs associated with providing shelter to Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
FEMA also announced the approval of a $2.6 million public assistance grant for Montgomery County for interim housing of evacuees from the Gulf Coast.
Earlier, FEMA approved a $37.2 million grant to the city and a $1.2 million grant to the county to reimburse the entities for costs of processing hurricane evacuees.
The grants pay 100 percent of eligible costs associated with providing interim housing for evacuees relocated to Texas from Hurricane Katrina. This includes costs of transportation, unit rental and furnishings projected for a limited time period.
I think I recall Mayor White's spokesman Frank Michel quoted somewhere as saying that Houston still has money in the bank (so to speak) from the last FEMA reimbursement, but that the long-term housing needs for Katrina evacuees was what needed to be taken care of next. I imagine this will help out with that.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/12/05 07:30 PM | Print |
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