PUBLIC LAW 106-390—OCT. 30, 2000 114 STAT. 1567 "SEC. 408. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS. "(a) IN GENERAL. — "(1) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE. — In accordance with this section, the President, in consultation with the Governor of a State, may provide financial assistance, and, if necessary, direct services, to individuals and households in the State who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs in cases in which the individuals and households are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means. "(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.— Under paragraph (1), an individual or household shall not be denied assistance under paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (c) solely on the basis that the individual or household has not applied for or received any loan or other financial assistance from the Small Business Administration or any other Federal agency. "(b) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— "(1) ELIGIBILITY. — The President may provide financial or other assistance under this section to individuals and households to respond to the disaster-related housing needs of individuals and households who are displaced from their predisaster primary residences or whose predisaster primary residences are rendered uninhabitable as a result of damage caused by a major disaster. "(2) DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE TYPES OF ASSIST- ANCE.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —The President shall determine President, appropriate types of housing assistance to be provided under this section to individuals and households described in subsection (a)(1) based on considerations of cost effectiveness, convenience to the individuals and households, and such other factors as the President may consider appropriate. "(B) MULTIPLE TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. —One or more types of housing assistance may be made available under this section, based on the suitability and availability of the types of assistance, to meet the needs of individuals and households in the particular disaster situation. "(c) TYPES OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— "(1) TEMPORARY HOUSING.— " (A) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— The President may provide financial assistance to individuals or households to rent alternate housing accommodatioi^s, existing rental units, manufactured housing, recreational vehicles, or other readily fabricated dwellings. "(ii) AMOUNT. — The amount of assistance under clause (i) shall be based on the fair market rent for the accommodation provided plus the cost of any transportation, utility hookups, or unit installation not provided directly by the President. " (B) DIRECT ASSISTANCE.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— The President may provide temporary housing units, acquired by purchase or lease, directly to individuals or households who, because of a lack of available housing resources, would be unable 79-194 O-00-30:QL3Part2
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