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Apply for FEMA Assistance Online
(Separate Website)
You can also apply by phone. Call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for people with speech or hearing disabilities.
By: FEMA
FEMA Declaration of Funds Use If you applied for disaster assistance as a result of either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, you may need this statement to support your request for continued Housing Assistance. Complete this form and fax to FEMA 1-800-827-8112.
By: FEMA
Other Formats:
TXT File
Check on your FEMA application
(Separate Website)
You can also call FEMA for information on the status of your claim. Call Call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). The speech or hearing impaired may call (TTY) 1-800-462-7585.
By: FEMA
FEMAanswers.org
(Separate Website)
FEMA litigation news and FEMA policies, Questions and Answers about Assistance, survivor testimony.
By: Public Interest Law Project & Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Help After a Disaster: FEMA Guide to the Individuals and Households Program Federal agency manual on disaster help for individuals and families.
By: FEMA
Read this in:
Korean / 한국어
,
Spanish / Español
Internet Sites for Legal Information
(Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
New Orleans FEMA Trailer Removal Deadline
Information about the July 1, 2008 deadline to ask for an extension of the New Orleans FEMA trailer removal deadline. Find out about organizations that may be able to give you free legal help for this issue.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)
Other Formats:
PDF File
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