It's been nearly a month since the Phoenix House explosion in Austintown, and residents who have been staying in hotels temporarily will have to make arrangements for housing elsewhere by January 15.

It was outlined in a memo given to residents by the United Way of Youngstown, one of several nonprofits that's been assisting victims since the incident.

"Right now we don't know when they can get back into the Phoenix House and they cannot stay in a hotel forever," said Roxann Sebest, vice president of the United Way.

Sebest tells 21 News it costs around $30,000 a week for the hotels housing displaced residents which isn't sustainable. 

"We're not abandoning them. We're not kicking them out of anywhere. We need them to help themselves so we can continue to help them," added Sebest.

The first step is a housing fair on December 30th at the Holiday Inn in Boardman. Residents MUST attend in order to continue receiving assistance.

"We're hoping that this fair will help get the majority of them where they need to be. We'll continue to help them with down payments, first month's rent, any fee application," said the vice president.

They are asking any housing organization that could help to call catholic charities to register for the housing fair. Sebest says other support will remain available, but that a deadline for residents to start finding their own homes needed to be set.