Summary of RD Programs

From FEMA Answers

Terms of RD Program

⌂ Displaced owners and tenants can apply to live at any RD-financed rental property and will be put at the top of the waiting list. Tenants who were receiving RD Rental Assistance can continue to receive RA while they are living in other RD-financed buildings, although by law RD cannot make RA available to tenants living in buildings that do not have mortgages from the Section 514 or 515 programs.

⌂ Leases will be on a month to month basis. Tenants and owners are expected to return to their original homes as soon as they can.

⌂ Non-farmworkers can live temporarily in RD-financed Section 514/516 units.

⌂ Non-elderly residents can live temporarily in developments that are designated for elderly people only.

⌂ RD expects property owners to suspend rent for apartments while they are uninhabitable.

⌂ Property owners do not need to obtain security deposits from temporary tenants; RD leaves the decision to each owner.

⌂ RD will negotiate financial arrangements with owners of damaged rental developments whose ability to make mortgage payments is affected by the hurricane.

⌂ For homeowners with RD loans, RD will provide a “no-questions-asked” moratorium on mortgage payments.

Contacts for RD Program

Residents of RD property can contact the USDA RD state office in their state for further information.

Alabama State RD Office
Sterling Centre, Suite 601
4121 Carmichael Road
Montgomery, AL 36106-3683
334-279-3400 phone
334-279-3403 fax
Steve.Pelham@al.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/al

Florida State RD Office
4440 N.W. 25th Place
Gainesville, FL 32606
352-338-3402 phone
352-338-3405 fax
charles.clemons@fl.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/fl

Louisiana State RD Office
3727 Government Street
Alexandria, LA 71302
318-473-7630 phone
318-473-7829 fax
michael.taylor@la.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/la

Mississippi State RD Office
100 West Capitol St.
Suite 831, Federal Building
Jackson, MS 39269
601-965-4316 phone
601-965-4088 fax
nick.walters@ms.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ms

Texas State RD Office
101 South Main Street, Suite 102
Temple, TX 76501
Phone: 254-742-9700
Fax: 254-742-9709
TDD: 254-742-9712
RDPic@tx.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/tx