A resident meets with a FEMA representative to file forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria at the Jose de Diego Elementary School in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Power is still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses are closed and much of the countryside is struggling to find fresh water and food. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
FEMA is extending its temporary housing assistance program for Northern California fire victims. Officials said yesterday that through December 7th FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance program will continue to pay the hotel and motel bills for people who cannot return to their homes. The agency covers the cost of the room and taxes, but not incidental room charges or amenities, for people displaced in eight counties: including Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino. According to FEMA, over 37-hundred people have applied for assistance, including the housing program, and approved at a cost of nearly nine-million dollars.