This is the third extension FEMA has granted displaced residents using the agency’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance program in the last week. The agency most recently granted a 48-hour extension, citing the winter storm that barreled through WNC Jan. 10, with check-out slated for Jan. 14.

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months. After a presidentially-declared disaster,

Governor Josh Stein is putting pressure on FEMA to extend housing assistance for Hurricane Helene victims. The Transitional Sheltering Assistance program secures temporary housing for people displaced by the storm.