Lamont McClure and Emergency Management Services announces that homeowners, residents and businesses are now eligible for Small Business Assistance (SBA) loans for any damage they suffered from Hurricane Ida. Applications for physical damage are due by November 9, 2021, applications related to economic injury are due by June 10, 2022.

The following loans are available:

Business Physical Disaster Loan – loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the businesses, including real estate, inventories, supplies, machinery and equipment. Businesses of any size are eligible. Private, non-profit organizations such as charities, churches, private universities, etc., are also eligible. 

Economic Injury Disaster Loans – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period. 

Home Disaster Loans – Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles.

Applicants may apply online, receive additional disaster assistance information and download applications at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/ela or over the phone at 800-659-2955. Email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA disaster assistance.

 
 
Information provided to TVL by:
Becky Bartlett
Deputy Director of Administration
Northampton County Government Center
669 Washington Street
Easton, PA 18042
https://www.northamptoncounty.org/

 

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