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MADISON –Additional FEMA help may be available from the August storms and flooding in Milwaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties.
Continued Housing Assistance
If you received initial rental assistance from FEMA because your home was not safe to live in, and you are still working toward your permanent housing plan, continued temporary housing assistance may be available.
To be considered, you must:
Show you used the initial FEMA rental assistance to pay for temporary housing.Be unable to return to your pre-disaster residence because it is still not safe to live in or is no longer available because of the disaster.Not have the financial ability to obtain housing without assistance.Show that you are working toward a permanent housing plan.
If you were initially approved for rental assistance, an application for continued temporary housing assistance will be mailed to you 15 days after the grant is approved. If you do not receive one, Call FEMA at 800-621-3362.
Check Your Heating Systems, Stay in Touch with FEMA
Take the time now to ensure your furnace and water heater are operating safely and weren’t damaged by the August storms and flooding. FEMA grants may be available to help repair those items and replace them if they were destroyed by floodwaters.
If you receive a FEMA grant to repair your furnace or water heater and later discover those items need to be replaced, you can use the
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