29,000 residents have received housing assistance since the storm
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Homeowners and renters have been approved for $105 million in individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency since Hurricane Isaac.
More than 29,000 people have received housing assistance, which totals nearly $86 million. Another $19 million has been provided for other types of individual assistance, according to FEMA.
Isaac made landfall Aug. 28 and caused significant flooding in southeast Louisiana.
FEMA spokemsna Ray Perez says $34 million has been approved for residents of St. John the Baptist Parish and Plaquemines Parish, which experienced among the most extensive flooding from the storm. More than $14 million has been doled out to residents of Jefferson Parish.
