How do families qualify for the DHAP program?
To be eligible DHAP, the displaced family affected by Hurricanes Gustav or Ike must have be referred to HUD by FEMA. FEMA is solely responsible for determining if the family is initially eligible to receive assistance under DHAP. The PHA verifies that a family has been determined eligible for DHAP by FEMA through HUDs web-based Disaster Information System (DIS). Initially there are no income eligibility requirements for DHAP assistance. However, only Hurricane Gustav or Ike displaced families with housing costs that exceed 30 percent of the familys monthly income are eligible for continued DHAP rental assistance and case management services after the earlier of July 31, 2009, or six months following the effective date of the initial DRSC executed on behalf of the family.
