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Officials outline transitional sheltering, rental assistance and expedited permitting to get fire survivors back into homes
Summary
State, county and city officials described layered housing supports — FEMA transitional sheltering assistance, rental assistance, temporary on‑parcel housing permits, one‑stop permitting centers and executive orders to speed rebuild — while cautioning that many survivors still must provide insurance documents to access extended rental aid.
State and local officials at a California Assembly joint oversight hearing described a layered approach to housing recovery for Los Angeles wildfire survivors that combines federal programs, county ordinances and city executive orders to shorten the time between displacement and rebuilding.
"We have a variety of nonprofits and, for‑profit businesses that may have a philanthropic arm that provided, resources to a variety of, survivors," Kevin McGowan, director of the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, said. He described FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) and rental assistance and repeated county efforts to maximize temporary on‑parcel housing…
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