FEMA Says Housing Extension is Coming

| 8/20/2012

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate today has assured North Dakota that the agency plans to approve the governor`s request for a six-month extension of the temporary housing program provided to Minot-area residents displaced by last year`s flooding.

Fugate says FEMA is working with the state to develop a policy enabling residents to purchase FEMA trailers for permanent, long-term use at reduced prices or to have them donated to eligible non-profit entities.

He says he wants those policies in place when the agency grants the housing extension so that residents will have time to plan for their long-term housing needs.

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