NATIONWIDE -- Puerto Rican evacuees living in hotels will be able to stay longer after a federal judge's order Tuesday morning extended the deadline.

Judge Timothy Hillman issued the order extending a previous judge's injunction for 30 days. Evacuees can now stay in hotels until midnight, July 23 under the hotel voucher program.

This is so Hillman can further review arguments in the case. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is to file its response by July 13, and then plaintiffs have until July 18 to reply to that.

As of Tuesday, there were 952 families still living in hotels under FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, according to the agency. Of those, 336 families are in Florida. That number is lower than the 585 families FEMA said was living in hotels Saturday.

After four extensions, the program was supposed to end June 30.

FEMA told Spectrum News in a statement that it's working to notify evacuees and hotel vendors of the program's extension.

The agency is also extending its Transportation Assistance Program until Aug. 30, wherein FEMA will cover travel costs for those wanting to return to Puerto Rico from the continental U.S.

FEMA said that as of Tuesday, 250 families nationally have participated in that program; 106 are from Florida.