Officials noted that under Puerto Rico’s previously established eligibility criteria, about 1,700 of the 2,800 survivors checked into hotel rooms under the TSA program would no longer be eligible for the benefit after as of Friday.
Those evacuees began receiving notices of their eligibility change on Monday.
The agency said the extension comes despite FEMA case reviews showing that hundreds of the 1,700 families who benefits were set to run out “either have no home damage from Hurricane Maria (or) have voluntarily withdrawn their applications for federal assistance.”
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