KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaFEMA asks landlords to register rental units
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From the FEMA Office:
NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reaching out to Louisiana landlords to register their available rental units to help link families displaced by the recent hurricanes with homes.
FEMA encourages landlords with available rental property to call the FEMA Louisiana Rental Resources Department at 1-888-294-2822. FEMA representatives are available seven days a week from 6 a.m. to midnight to assist callers with listing their available rentals or with locating affordable rentals near school or work.
In addition to the Rental Resources hotline, FEMA also launched its online Housing Portal at https://asd.fema.gov/inter/hportal/home.htm. The FEMA Housing Portal consolidates rental resources identified and provided by federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Veterans Administration (VA), private organizations, and the public, to help individuals and families find available rental units in their area.
The State of Louisiana also maintains a helpful online housing resource at www.lahousingsearch.org.
Landlords may also call the national FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for the speech or hearing-impaired, from Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Spanish translators are also available.
Landlords calling to register their properties should be prepared to answer a few basic questions related to their rental unit, such as type of dwelling, number of bedrooms and baths, handicapped accessibility, pet policy, monthly rental amount and other items of interest to renters.
