Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced Monday that the state will supply $25 million in emergency housing help for hurricane-impacted Floridians after he mentioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied the state’s request.
DeSantis mentioned $25 million in state finances will probably be used for construction fabrics and for volunteer nonprofit organizations to revive other folks’s broken properties to livable situation.
“Unfortunately, we got word last week that FEMA had denied our request for funding our state-led housing initiative, citing their ‘limited authority,’” the Republican governor mentioned. “We’re not just going to sit there and take no for an answer, and we’re going to figure out what we can do.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida delivers remarks all over the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
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“We want cut through bureaucracy. We want to bring relief to impacted Floridians regardless of whether FEMA wants to be a part of that,” he persevered.
DeSantis mentioned the state could also be offering trip trailers and leisure automobiles to impacted Floridians who is probably not eligible for FEMA’s direct housing program.
“Not only do we think that that would be filling a need, but we also think we can do it quicker and more efficiently than FEMA. And so we’ve worked really hard to do that,” he mentioned.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves as he arrives for a information convention at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, on Key Biscayne, Fla.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and his spouse, Casey DeSantis.
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“We’ve launched the Unite Florida portal – a one-stop shop where impacted Floridians can apply for a state housing program, as well as report other unmet needs, including transportation and food assistance. In the two weeks since we launched the portal, more than 2,000 people have applied, including 1,500 housing applicants,” he added.
DeSantis mentioned every other $35.2 million in personal donations raised during the Florida Disaster Fund, which Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis introduced days earlier than Hurricane Ian made landfall, will pass towards the state’s house restore program.
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