HLS 23RS-2698 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 111
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
FEDERAL PROGRAMS: Requests FEMA to extend the temporary housing program for
residents affected by Hurricane Ida
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend
3 temporary housing agreements and to postpone the requirement to pay rent for
4 survivors of Hurricane Ida.
5 WHEREAS, Hurricane Ida devastated Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, and other
6areas in southeast Louisiana on August 29, 2021; and
7 WHEREAS, at the request of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security,
8FEMA approved a six month extension of its Direct Housing Assistance; and
9 WHEREAS, since March 1, 2023, survivors of Hurricane Ida have been paying a
10reduced rental rate or have not been required to pay rent; and
11 WHEREAS, beginning June 1, 2023, FEMA will begin to charge survivors fair
12market rent for use of a FEMA unit; and
13 WHEREAS, charging fair market rent may result in monthly payments up to one
14thousand seven hundred dollars per month; and
15 WHEREAS, many survivors live on fixed incomes and their failure to pay the
16monthly rent may result in ineligibility to stay in a FEMA unit.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
18urge and request FEMA to extend temporary housing agreements and to postpone the
19requirement to pay rent for survivors of Hurricane Ida.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 111 Original 2023 Regular Session Kerner
Requests FEMA to extend the temporary housing program for residents affected by
Hurricane Ida.
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