RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina renters who had uninsured or under-insured losses due to Hurricane Florence may be eligible for assistance from FEMA.

The federal agency says grants are available to help with disaster-related expenses such as:

• Renting a home when the renter’s previous one is unsafe to live in due to the disaster or the apartment complex is under repair.
• Disaster-related medical and dental expenses.
• Increased cost of child-care expenses.
• Moving and storage fees.
• Replacement or repair of necessary personal property lost or damaged in the disaster, such as appliances and furniture, textbooks and computers used by students, and work equipment or tools used by independent contractors.
• Repair or replacement of vehicles damaged by the disaster.
• Disaster-related funeral and burial expenses.

In order to apply for grants, visit to DisasterAssistance.gov.