Restore Louisiana provides federal grant assistance to homeowners impacted by 2020-2021 disasters and Hurricane Francine
If you are actively participating in the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program for 2020-2021 disasters:
The 2020-21 iteration of the program served homeowners impacted by Hurricanes Laura, Delta or Ida and/or the May 2021 Severe Storms.
The deadline to complete the survey for 2020-2021 disasters was August 1, 2023.
The deadline to complete the program application was October 31, 2023.
If your home was damaged by Hurricane Francine and you are interested in the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program:
The survey is the critical first step in the application process. Homeowners impacted by Hurricane Francine may complete the survey today.Â
Note: To complete this survey, you must have applied for FEMA Individual Assistance and received a damage determination with a FEMA Verified Loss (FVL) designation of major / severe.
TO UNDERSTAND YOUR NEXT STEPS WITH THE PROGRAM, SEE THE FULL OVERVIEW HERE
What is the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program?
The Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program assists homeowners affected by the 2020-2021 disasters and Hurricane Francine with repairs, reconstruction and/or reimbursement for repairs already completed.
Program assistance for Hurricane Francine will be available for qualifying homeowners located in one of the nine disaster declared parishes, including Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary and Terrebonne.
The program is administered by the Louisiana Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery and is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program Policy Manual
The policy manual is Restore Louisiana's way of communicating policies and procedures of the Homeowner Assistance Program to the public. If you're curious about any facet of the program, the policy manual will answer your questions. Click the link below to access the document.
FAQs
What is Restore Louisiana?
Restore Louisiana is dedicated to helping homeowners recover from federally declared disasters. The program is administered by the Louisiana Office of Community Development (OCD) and funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through federal appropriations of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. Restore Louisiana was initially established to assist homeowners impacted by the March and August 2016 Floods and has now expanded to include homeowners impacted by Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Ida and the May 2021 Severe Storm.
My home was damaged by Hurricane Francine. Am I eligible for assistance?
If you owned your home and occupied it as a primary residence at the time of the disaster; have maintained ownership of the home since the disaster; and sustained FEMA-determined major/severe damage from Hurricane Francine as the result of Hurricane Francine, you may qualify for assistance.
FEMA major/severe damage includes one of the following:
- FEMA inspected residential damage of $8,000 or greater
- At least one foot of flooding on the first floor
- FEMA inspected personal property damage of $3,500 or greater
Note: Homeowners impacted by 2020-2021 disasters are no longer able to apply for assistance. The deadline to apply for the Restore Louisiana program was October 31, 2023.
I applied for FEMA assistance. Am I already signed up for Restore Louisiana?
No. Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), a volunteer agency, insurance, etc. is separate from Restore Louisiana.
I submitted a Restore Application for 2020-21 disasters. Should I complete a survey now?
The program is no longer accepting applications for 2020-21 disaster events. However, if you received a major/severe damage determination from FEMA for Hurricane Francine, you are strongly encouraged to submit a program survey at this time. You must submit a survey to begin the process of applying for assistance for Hurricane Francine even if you previously submitted a separate survey for the 2020-21 disasters.
How does the program calculate my Repair or Reimbursement Estimate?
The program will conduct a damage assessment as part of the application process which will assess the value of both the prospective work remaining to complete repair, reconstruction, or replacement of the home, and the value of work already completed. This will be a thorough inspection of the inside and outside of your home and homeowners must be present for the inspection.
The programs inspector will use program-approved estimating software and pricelists to provide estimates of the value of both remaining work and eligible completed repairs. The Program Pricing List can be found here.
Please note, pricing is subject to change based upon program review and approval and at the programs discretion.