The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program was activated on Oct. 3 and has since aided 13,075 households.

As FEMA has deemed over 3,000 ineligible for the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, residents facing displacement from Helene have faced confusion and homelessness.

FEMA officials have extended its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program for an additional two months, through May 26, 2025, for over 2,700 families impacted by Hurricane Helene, according to a release on Sunday.

Whether it is a hurricane, major tornado, or wildfire, disasters "don't discriminate" in where they will be and whom they impact, according to the outgoing FEMA chief.

FEMA isn't paying significantly more in immediate aid to Los Angeles fire victims than to Hurricane Helene survivors. That claim is satire.

“JUST IN: Biden just announced California fire victims are being given $770,” tweeted Nick Sortor, a self-described “independent journalist.” “Barely a FEW NIGHTS in a hotel out here in LA. Why are Americans given pennies while foreigners are given blank checks?!”

You don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone.

New details emerge as FEMA continues to review the status of Western North Carolina residents enrolled in the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program.

According to FEMA, residents and families receiving hotel lodging while looking for alternative housing will be allowed to stay in hotels until May 25, with hotel check-out on May 26.

Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct

Were people displaced by Helene wrongly kicked out of hotels while still eligible for FEMA vouchers? Confusion reigns.

ABC7 took some of the questions you submitted about FEMA assistance to a FEMA spokesperson and here are the answers.