Hurricane Harvey has affected hundreds of thousands of Texas area residents in Houston, Victoria, Port Lavaca, Rockport, Port Aransas, Freeport, Galveston, Bridge City, Cleveland, Conroe, Wharton, San Felipe and many will require immediate housing.
Cities and Counties including Jefferson County, TX designated by FEMA as available for individual and family assistance include:
Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wharton
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked Manufactured Home builders and dealers like USModular,Inc to provide at least 4,500 homes for families in Jefferson County, TX and surrounding areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.
The request is substantial and is expected to be the first of a wave of requests. Within the last 18 months alone, the manufactured housing industry provided FEMA with 4,238 homes according to Patti Boerger, spokesperson for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). However, this recent request is just for Hurricane Harvey victims.
Manufactured Housing for Hurricane Harvey Victims in Jefferson County, TX
FEMA says that manufactured homes are “part of a variety of housing options to ensure disaster survivors with housing needs in the Houston area receive assistance to help their recovery. This is a long duration storm, the recovery will be challenging, take time, and the help of the whole community is required.”
“ We work with manufactured home factories across the USA and have commitments from factories as far away as Phoenix AZ and Riverside, CA that will be providing manufactured homes to meet the demand for Hurricane Harvey victims“ says Abe Ferreira of USModular, Inc.
Manufactured homes typically are significantly faster to build as they are built to a Federal Building code – but with the recent natural disasters of Hurricanes and wildfires many factory have huge backlogs
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FEMA Housing Units
Working with credible builders, contractors, dealers and factories will help Hurricane Harvey victims make sure they get quality and appealing housing. Says Abe Ferreira, www.usmodularinc.com . Disaster veterans caution a temporary manufactured home is not a cure all. “This is not easy, it’s not just a matter of pulling up and parking a manufactured home unit,” said Richard Serino, former Deputy Administrator at Fema. He said if houses are going to be set up in new neighborhoods, “You want to make it somewhat appealing, with parks where kids can go out and play.”
Manufactured homes can be placed in a staging area or set up on the property of a Hurricane Harvey victim’s damaged home in the Jefferson County, TX area.
Contact FEMA about payments for manufactured housing and USModular, Inc. to find a home that will meet your needs.
888-987-6638
