Fema

Money to Buy or Build a Home After a Natural Disaster

Called Direct Housing – Natural Disaster and referred to as Program #10.445 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program assists qualified lower income rural families to meet emergency assistance needs resulting from natural disaster to buy, build, rehabilitate, or improve dwellings in rural areas. Funds are only available to the extent that funds are not provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For the purpose of administering these funds, natural disaster will only include those areas identified by a Presidential declaration. Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service at

Visit: offices.usda.gov/scripts/ndISAPI.dll/oip_public/USA_map

Free Money For Isabel Fixups

remember it is not only FEMA (Federal Energy Management Agency) that has money to fix things up after a hurricane. There is also grant money to fix up your home anytime. Check the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. This lists all the major federal programs. Look for housing programs at the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Energy and Agriculture.

Visit: www.cfda.gov