[StBernard] Road Home Urges Applicants to Schedule First Appointments

[Westley Annis]

ROAD HOME URGES APPLICANTS TO SCHEDULE FIRST APPOINTMENTS 

BATON ROUGE, La., August 22, 2007 -Applicants to The Road Home program who have not scheduled a first appointment should do so as soon as possible. This is the next required step after a homeowner applies to the program. 

"It is critical that applicants schedule their first appointments in order to move forward in The Road Home process," said Michael Taylor, director of the Disaster Recovery Unit, Office of Community Development. "After the first appointment, we are able to conduct a home evaluation and appraisal if necessary and calculate a homeowner's award."

Applicants who have yet to schedule their first appointments may do so by calling 1.888.ROAD.2.LA (1.888.762.3252). TTY callers use 711 relay.