The Federal Emergency Management Agency was ordered to once again extend a housing program for survivors of Hurricanes Maria and Irma, whose homes in Puerto Rico were destroyed and are now living in U.S. and Puerto Rico hotels.
Federal Judge Timothy Hillman in Massachusetts issued a ruling on Wednesday adding several weeks to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program now set to expire on Aug. 31. The agency had planned to end it on June 30.
Through TSA, FEMA provides direct payments to hotels and motels that house hundreds of individuals and families who were forced to evacuate after the back-to-back hurricanes caused severe damage to homes across the island last year.
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