Temporary Housing Directory

[Terry Owens]

Has anyone had dealings with a company that places disaster victims in temporary housing?  The company called THD (

http://www.temporaryhousingdirectory.com/services/temporary-housing/) answered one of my rental adds from Hotpads...offering me more than I was asking...for a fire victim family.  I called the 1 800 number and was told they place victims in housing and find re-location housing for  company new hires. 

[Shankar Ramani]

I want to add my experience with THD so it is helpful for others. In short, excellent experience and no issues with them. They reached out to me to pay $3500 for a SFH for a short term rental when the advertised rent was $2500 and I only wanted long term renters. They could not find a comparable home in the area for a family whose house was destroyed by a fire. The deal was great so I decided to go with them. Dealing with them has been smooth. The rent checks are mailed a few days in advance of the due date. They do have an agent for the tenant that I work with. The only possible downside could be the issues in dealing with the tenants that come through THD. Although not a big deal, my tenant that is renting my property through THD is typically more demanding with an attitude of "I don't care, the insurance company pays for everything". I went through the initial 2 months having to fix even the most minor of issues that other tenants would normally be very adjusting. But this may just be the tenant and not have anything to do with THD per se and may not be the case every time. Also, it is okay to go through some extra maintenance for the short term. Other than that, it's been great so far. I do not know if THD will continue to find other tenants, they supposedly have a directory of homes and move tenants into them. I will post an update after the current lease ends with THD.