Although Hurricane Ike struck over a year ago, the recovery has not been fast enough for some. Around 20,000 cases of Hurricane Ike survivors have not been looked at. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee from Houston requested that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) extend housing and case management assistance programs for Hurricane Ike. Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator, has yet to respond, but has visited Houston recently at the request of Representative Lee. The Houston Chronicle reports.
In other news, FEMA is encouraging people to call their hotline at 1-866-720-5721 for those survivors who have experience fraud. Please call if someone has solicited money from an unknown charitable fund, claiming to be from FEMA asking for someone's social security number or bank account number, or someone going door to door claiming to be a building contractor. Click this link for the full press release.
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