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The Road Home Begins Accepting Inbound Calls for Scheduling Appointments at Housing Assistance Centers Statewide

BATON ROUGE, La., October 3, 2006 – Homeowners who received a letter from The Road Home program instructing them to do so may now call 1-888-ROAD2LA to schedule an appointment at any of the 10 Housing Assistance Centers located across Louisiana.

On Saturday, The Road Home began sending letters to homeowners whose applications have been submitted and reviewed. Approximately 4,000 letters per day are being sent to homeowners across the state. To date, 33,883 applications have been recorded by the program.

Homeowners must complete a full application online or submit a hard copy whether or not they pre-registered for the program. Once an application has been received, The Road Home team will review the application. The homeowner then receives a letter in the mail with detailed instructions on how to call to schedule an appointment. Only homeowners who have received a letter inviting them to schedule an appointment should call.

With this invitation letter in hand, homeowners can schedule appointments at the Center of their choice. Due to high demand for appointments, homeowners who can be flexible in their choices of dates, times and locations will be the most successful in having their appointments scheduled early.  Evening and weekend appointment times are available at most centers which have a total capacity statewide of more than 1,000 appointments per day.

The Road Home program is designed to help residents of Louisiana affected by hurricane Katrina or Rita get back into their homes as quickly and fairly as possible.  This groundbreaking program represents the largest single housing recovery program in U.S. history.  Working together, Governor Blanco, the Louisiana Recovery Authority, and the Office of Community Development created The Road Home Program to afford eligible homeowners up to $150,000 in compensation to get back into their homes.

To start your application to The Road Home program, visit www.road2LA.org or call 1.888.ROAD.2.LA (1.888.762.3252). TTY callers use 711 relay or 1.800.846.5277.

 

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