{"id":1902,"date":"2017-09-14T08:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2017-09-14T08:39:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:39:26","slug":"sba-offers-disaster-assistance-to-marco-polo-condo-fire-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=1902","title":{"rendered":"SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Marco Polo Condo Fire Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Hawaii businesses and residents affected by the Marco Polo Fire that occurred July 14, 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sba.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>U.S. Small Business Administration<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Administrator <strong>Linda McMahon<\/strong> announced on Wednesday. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. <strong>David Ige<\/strong> on Sept. 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Honolulu County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSBA is strongly committed to providing Hawaii with the most effective and customer-focused response possible, and we will be there to provide access to federal disaster loans to help finance recovery for businesses and residents affected by the disaster,\u201d said McMahon. \u201cGetting our businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLow-interest federal disaster loans are available to homeowners and renters whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster,\u201d said SBA\u2019s Hawaii District Director Jane Sawyer. \u201cBeginning Thursday, Sept. 14, SBA representatives will be on hand at the following Disaster Loan Outreach Center to answer questions about SBA\u2019s disaster loan program, explain the application process and help each individual complete their application,\u201d Sawyer continued. The center will be open on the days and times indicated below. No appointment is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>HONOLULU COUNTY<br \/>\nDisaster Loan Outreach Center<br \/>\nA.O.A.O. Marco Polo Apartments<br \/>\n2333 Kapiolani Blvd.<br \/>\nHonolulu, Hawaii 96826<br \/>\nOpens 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14<br \/>\nMondays &#8211; Fridays, 9 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<br \/>\nCloses 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28<\/p>\n<p>Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants may apply online, receive additional disaster assistance information and download applications at <a href=\"https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela<\/strong><\/a>. Applicants may also call SBA\u2019s Customer Service Center at <strong>(800) 659-2955<\/strong> or email <strong>disastercustomerservice@sba.gov<\/strong> for more information on SBA disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard\u2011of\u2011hearing may call (800) 877-8339. Completed applications should be mailed to U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply for property damage is <strong>Nov. 13, 2017<\/strong>. The deadline to apply for economic injury is June 11, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Hawaii businesses and residents affected by the Marco Polo Fire that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,451,9,4],"tags":[145,583,13,210,259,584,28],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-government","category-hawaii","category-news","tag-disaster","tag-fire","tag-hawaii","tag-honolulu","tag-loans","tag-marco-polo","tag-sba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}