Expiration date for Helene FEMA support looms with 12,000 still homeless

Published January 14, 2025 3:52pm ET



Federal support for western North Carolina residents whose homes were destroyed and damaged during Hurricane Helene will soon expire, even as many have yet to find permanent shelter. 

FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, which has provided free temporary housing to thousands of hurricane victims in western North Carolina, is set to end on Jan. 25. 

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