Gov. Josh Stein calls on FEMA to extend hotel vouchers for Helene victims in western NC
Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months. After a presidentially-declared disaster,
NC governor asks FEMA for 6-month Helene extension on temporary shelters
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) asked for an extension on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday to support temporary shelters for residents that lost their
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Gov. asks FEMA to extend hotel voucher program for North Carolina families: ‘We owe them support’
In his latest effort to help North Carolina recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene, Gov. Josh Stein wrote a letter to FEMA this week, asking for a six-month extension for the hotel voucher program.
NC Gov. Stein urges FEMA to extend housing help for Helene victims
Governor Josh Stein is putting pressure on FEMA to extend housing assistance for Hurricane Helene victims. The Transitional Sheltering Assistance program secures temporary housing for people displaced by the storm.
Gov. Stein urges 6-month extension from FEMA to keep eligible NC residents in hotels
Gov. Stein sent a letter Jan. 16 to FEMA's administrator, urging the agency allow eligible NC voucher holders to stay in hotels for six more months.
Helene victims were unfairly ousted from hotels, senators claim. Was FEMA at fault?
Were people displaced by Helene wrongly kicked out of hotels while still eligible for FEMA vouchers? Confusion reigns.
Helene: FEMA asked for September date on temporary sheltering program
Additional time through the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene has been requested of FEMA and its Temporary Sheltering Assistance Program. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein penned a letter to outgoing Administrator Deanne Criswell on Thursday.
North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in
FEMA will extend temporary shelter assistance to North Carolina residents impacted by Hurricane Helene as winter storms sweep across the state.
FEMA extends sheltering assistance program to January 25 for over 3,000 eligible families
FEMA is extending the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program again to Jan. 25, FEMA said in an X post on Monday, Jan. 13 at 8:12 p.m.
Dozens in western NC kicked out of hotels Tuesday despite FEMA extending deadline, officials say
"My office is hearing from dozens in WNC who have been kicked out of their hotels tonight, despite FEMA's announcement yesterday that they were extending Transitional Sheltering Assistance through January 25,
FEMA extends temporary housing assistance deadline for Helene victims
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — FEMA housing assistance for Helene -displaced families has been extended, North Carolina Governor Josh Stien announced on X. The deadline for Transitional Sheltering Assistance was originally Monday, Jan. 13, but was granted a 24-hour extension due to the winter storm.
Stein announces expansion of jobs program focused on Tropical Storm Helene recovery
A temporary jobs program launched in October in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene has expanded to even more North Carolina counties.