Agency Update – Transitional Sheltering Assistance in Texas and Puerto Rico Ending




The FEMA Podcast show

Summary: <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance for Texas and Puerto Rican residents affected by last fall’s hurricanes will be ending <strong>Saturday, June 30, 2018</strong>.  The program was designed to provided short-term accommodations—such as hotel stays—for individuals impacted by these Hurricanes. On this Update edition of the FEMA Podcast, we speak with Zach Usher, Branch Chief for Mass Care, FEMA, to help explain the TSA program and how it fits into a combined effort by governmental and nonprofit agencies to assist disaster survivors’ transition from short-term sheltering to longer-term housing.</p>