Volusia County extends fee waivers for home repairs, placement of mobile shelters

Sheldon Gardner, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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People in Volusia County have more time to take advantage of county government fee waivers for hurricane recovery efforts.

The County Council recently voted to extend a waiver of "permit application fees for repairing and reconstructing structures directly damaged by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole," according to a county news release.

The resolution approved by the Council also says, "The county will also waive application, permit, and plan review fees for the placement and installation of RV or mobile shelters pursuant to a valid temporary housing permit."

The waivers are in effect until 5 p.m. on March 7.

“Our office continues to receive permit applications at a higher than normal level, and we know many still intend or need to apply," Volusia County Growth and Resource Management Director Clay Ervin said. "We fully support anything we can do to alleviate some financial burden on our residents going through this difficult time.”

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In addition, he said more than "200 Volusia County households have applied for the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Non-Congregate Sheltering program, which will provide RVs or other mobile sheltering to place their property."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is also offering help through its direct temporary housing program.

People can learn about and apply for help from the FDEM Non-Congregate Sheltering program by going to ianrecovery.fl.gov or calling 800-892-0948.

The deadline for residents to apply for FEMA help for Tropical Storm Nicole is Feb. 13. People can submit an application at disasterassistance.gov, through the FEMA mobile app or by calling 800-621-3362.

People can also apply for help in person at one of Volusia County's FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers. The centers are at the Florida Department of Health-Volusia at 1845 Holsonback Drive in Daytona Beach, and at The Center at Deltona at 1640 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Deltona.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Volusia County permits: Officials extend Nicole, Ian fee waivers