[StBernard] State of Louisiana Reminds Road Home Applicants of November 1 Deadline to Return Benefit Selection

[Westley Annis]

State of Louisiana Reminds Road Home Applicants of November 1 Deadline to Return Benefit Selection Forms


BATON ROUGE, La. - Road Home applicants who have not selected their benefit option have until November 1, 2008, to do so, the state of Louisiana reminds program participants.

Road Home deadlines announced earlier this summer were cancelled at the end of August. Aside from the Nov. 1 deadline to return Benefit Selection Forms, the only deadlines remaining in the program are regular timelines related to the appeals process. As many as 2,300 homeowners may be affected by this deadline.

"We are at the point in the program where we need people to tell us what they wish to do with their homes," said Paul Rainwater, executive director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. "We have reached out to these homeowners many times and we want to work with them to move their cases forward to closing."

In August, the Road Home program held outreach sessions across south Louisiana that served more than 4,200 homeowners; more than one third of these applicants were able to move forward in the process at these events.

In September, the program also called applicants to remind them of the deadline and assist them with their selection, if necessary. More than 600 people moved forward based on those calls.

Homeowners with questions about their files can call the Road Home hotline at 1-888-762-3252 (TTY: 1-800-566-4224) or call the Road Home representative who has been handling their case. For more information, visit www.road2la.org 

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