The Federal Emergency Management Agency is looking for multi-family homes on Florida’s west coast that could temporarily house Hurricane Ian victims.It’s a program the agency typically keeps on reserve after other housing options are exhausted.FEMA officials say that in Florida, the Direct Temporary Housing Assistance will take three forms: Direct Lease: FEMA may lease existing, ready-to-occupy residential properties for use as temporary housing. Eligible property types may include vacation rentals, corporate apartments, second homes, single-family homes, cooperatives, condominiums, townhouses, and other readily fabricated dwellings. Direct lease is for eligible applicants whose housing needs cannot be met with other direct temporary housing assistance options. Multifamily Lease and Repair: Where FEMA enters into a lease agreement with the owner of multifamily rental properties (three or more units) and makes repairs to existing vacant apartments to provide temporary housing for applicants. Owners of multifamily properties that may be interested in having them repaired to local, state and federal standards and be offered as temporary housing to survivors of Hurricane IanMulti-Temporary Housing Units, such as a Travel Trailer (TT) or Manufactured Housing Unit (MHU. These units may be placed on owners property, Mobile home parks with vacant pads or Group Sites.Tracking The Tropics: Hurricane season is over, but a subtropical storm could form this week“Not only are we looking to house the people in the community, we realized that there's also a need in the community once people are either not working, if people are unable to get childcare, and all the rest of those things. So, one service can benefit all,” said LaTanga Hopes, a FEMA media relations specialist.That service is FEMA’s Multifamily Lease and Repair program.People who own a rental or secondary property apply to FEMA offer their home as a temporary home for families displaced by natural disasters, FEMA then repairs or improves the home to federal standards and gets it ready for the displaced family to move in.Now, FEMA is asking homeowners on Florida’s west coast to apply and potentially help their neighbors.Boynton Beach: Fire rescue teaming up with Greenacres for Ian holiday toy drive“If you are providing us with the resources that we need, you may benefit that way. And also, you're helping your fellow man by making sure that you provide them with the resources that they need. Think about that,” Hopes said.Hopes said FEMA is looking for properties around the coastal communities impacted by the hurricane.That includes Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Hardee, Lee and Sarasota counties.“That means that if you're in the coastal area somewhere around there, you too might want to benefit from this. And we encourage all interested multifamily parties to consider participating and joining us in the effort for the disaster recovery,” Hopes said.The deadline for homeowners to apply is Jan. 9. All property management companies or owners must register to do business with FEMA through the System for Award Management (SAM) at SAM.gov.Interested property owner or management companies must provide responses and comments on or before the deadline to FEMA-DR4673FL-MLR@fema.dhs.gov. The email subject line should read: RFI# 70FBR423I00000003 Response: MLR - DR-4673-FL.Stay Prepared: WPBF 25 News coverage on hurricanes