HUD creates new, expanded hurricane Disaster Voucher Program
HUD News Release 06-017
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has used the $390 million supplemental appropriation President Bush signed recently to replace and expand its current rental assistance program that aided families who lost their homes to hurricane Katrina.
The Disaster Voucher Program (DVP) extends eligibility for assistance to families who lost their homes to both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
"There are still families who desperately need housing," said HUD Assistant Secretary Orlando Cabrera, who heads HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing.
Families who were eligible for KDHAP - former public housing residents, Section 8 voucher holders and multifamily projects - are eligible for DVP through September 30, 2007 to provide housing anywhere in the U.S. Families who were homeless prior to Katrina or Rita are also eligible for this assistance.
HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS.
