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DeSantis says FEMA denied emergency aid request, state will provide $25M for hurricane victims


From WWW.FOXNEWS.COM

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that the state will provide $25 million in emergency housing assistance for hurricane-impacted Floridians after he said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied the state’s request.

DeSantis said $25 million in state funds will be used for building materials and for volunteer nonprofit organizations to res tore people’s damaged homes to livable condition.

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“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 said. “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.”

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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 continued.

DeSantis said the state is also providing travel trailers and recreational vehicles to impacted Floridians who may not be eligible for FEMA’s direct housing program…. (Read more)

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