Disaster victims can receive up to $42,500 to repair or replace their homes.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The post that FEMA only gave $750 to Helen disaster victims when it should have given them $750 is false.
First, let’s go to the source. The FEMA Facebook page features videos of several FEMA employees.
Rumor has it that FEMA is only offering $750 to survivors. This is not true. One of the supports provided to survivors is essential items such as baby formula, food, water, and other necessities.
Many people will say, “Of course FEMA would say that.”
2 Wants To Know spoke to a Florida attorney who specializes in storm insurance.
“$750 is just the beginning. The concept behind it is that you can check out right away so that someone can go buy what they need. So they can just live in their wet clothes. Not only are you there, and you don’t have food in the house, but you never are, and the personal limit is $75,” said Robert Guinn, a partner at Cole, Scott & Kisan.
FEMA has a cap of $42,500 per person to repair or replace a home. But the list of FEMA aid to North Carolina is long and includes money to rent a new place, stay in a hotel, medical expenses, childcare costs, and money for moving and storage, among other things.
2WTK spoke with members of the FEMA Incident Management Assistance Team about how the process works. Instead of FEMA being the guiding agency, states and counties tell FEMA what supplies and needs they have. FEMA is setting up inside shelters to help people file reports.
