Either purposely or inadvertently, they were abusing the system. |
Emergency sheltering has to come to an end at some point. |
Folks are trying to move on with their lives after a catastrophic disaster, and some are having more difficulty than others in doing that. |
If they did not contact us or allow us to talk with them during our outreach efforts, we believe that they had a reason to do so. |
The code expiration is not the equivalent to an eviction, just the billing of the room. |
The emergency sheltering program cannot and will not continue indefinitely. |
There do have to be end dates, and it is actually helpful to folks to move on in their recovery process. ... FEMA is not putting anyone out [of a hotel]. FEMA is simply ending the subsidy. |
This is just about the billing of the room. It will no longer be billed to FEMA. |
We're taking it on a case-by-case basis. We'll continue to extend the time for those who really need it. |