Merkley, Western Senators Push Senate Leadership To Provide Housing Assistance To Communities Impacted by 2020 Wildfires WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), are pushing Senate leaders to deliver critical housing assistance to Americans struggling to find…
Check out the full details here. OAR has secured $500,000 grant for housing relief through NAR’s REALTORS® Relief Foundation for the Oregon wildfires disaster. Just 300 of these grants remain.Who should apply? Any full-time resident and U.S. citizen or legally admitted U.S. resident who has lost their home to the Oregon wildfire disaster and is…
Source: Oregon.gov Salem, OR—Salem, Ore. – The deadline for survivors of Oregon wildfires to apply for FEMA individual disaster assistance and low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is extended to Monday, Nov. 30. The extension agreed upon by the state and FEMA is for survivors living in counties designated for individual…
For all those battling with insurance claims, on Nov. 12th you can attend a virtual town hall with Oregon Insurance Commissioner Andrew Stolfi. Building on the information shared at the October town hall, he and representatives from the Division of Financial Regulation will answer questions about wildfire insurance, the claim process, and how the division…
Wildfire Recovery: FEMA’s Multi-Family Lease and Repair program deadline Nov. 4 To help create more housing options for survivors of the recent wildfires and straight-line winds in Oregon, FEMA is extending its Multi-Family Lease and Repair (MLR) program. This program dedicates funds for landowners whose property had more than three available units and could be…
FEMA Approves Increase in Fair Market Value Rate to 125% for Oregon Survivors Good news for the survivors of the Oregon wildfires. Yesterday FEMA approved the increase in the Fair Market Rental rate (FMR) to 125% for Lane, Linn, Marion, and Lincoln County. Increasing the FMR will continue to put Rental Assistance directly in the…
This service is only for those needing a permit to locate and hook up their RV as an Emergency Temporary Dwelling and NOT any other type of permit related to rebuilding. To help, advise and issue permits for Temporary Emergency RV/Trailer placement + septic and electric hookups to residents of the McKenzie Valley returning to…
On September 15, 2020, President Donald J. Trump granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Oregon triggering the release of Federal funds to help people and communities recover from Wildfires and Straight-line Winds that began September 7, 2020, and continuing. This disaster declaration has been amended in October so that counties previously only…
***Update*** To help, advise and issue permits for RV/Trailer septic and electric hookups to residents of the McKenzie Valley returning to their properties after the fire, Lane County will be at the McKenzie Fire Station in Leaburg tomorrow the 23rd October between 10am – 2pm. They intend this to be a regular event going forwards…