Good Morning my name is Keith Turi and I'm FEMA's assistant administrator for
Recovery. I want to take a few minutes this morning to talk to you about FEMA's
Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.
FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance for Texas and Puerto Rico
residents affected by last fall's hurricanes will be ending this Saturday.
The program is intended to provide emergency support to individuals and
families by providing hotel stays as a bridge to longer term housing. Over the
last 10 months, the TSA program has provided sheltering to more than 60,000
households in Puerto Rico and Texas, making it the longest emergency
sheltering mission in the history of the program. FEMA and our partner agencies
have been working closely with the families who are currently in the TSA
program to help connect them with the resources they need for longer-term more
stable housing options. These include rental assistance, home repair, money to
pay for repairs to damaged homes, FEMA direct lease of apartments and other
rental units, low-interest loans through Small Business Administration, and
transportation assistance back to Puerto Rico, so families can return home. Over
the past 10 months, 97 percent of those in the program have been able to repair
their homes or transition to other housing options. We recognize there are
still survivors that are in the program, and FEMA is committed to working today
with them and our partners at the state and local entities, and voluntary
agencies to help meet their needs. For Puerto Rico and Texas survivors today
we're giving the final notification of the ending of the TSA program. For those
in the program, we encourage you to work with your case managers to take
advantage of the resources that are provided to you. And for those of you
that may not be located in Puerto Rico, if you are interested FEMA will help
provide a flight home. Survivors can call 1-800-621-3362 to be
connected with a FEMA agent to provide assistance or referrals to state, local,
or voluntary agencies that may have resources to assist. We recognize that
this deadline will be a difficult time for some families, but know that FEMA
continues to work with our partners to provide continued help to find
longer-term housing options and to help those survivors from hurricanes Maria
and Harvey. Thank You
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