DHRC Submits Comments on Florida Action Plan for Disaster Recovery
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) submitted comments on May 4 on Florida’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan. While the road to recovery…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – May 7
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Federal Response Congress The House passed the FAA Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4) on April 27 with a vote of 393 - 13. As previously noted, this bill includes the Disaster Recovery Reform Act,…
Florida Releases State Action Plan for $616 Million in Disaster Recovery Funding
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), which coordinates the state’s disaster recovery housing efforts, released a State of Florida Action Plan for Disaster Recovery for the…
FEMA Provides Limited Extensions of Transitional Shelter Assistance for Hurricane Survivors
FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program continues to create uncertainty for survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. Approximately 1,700 survivors of Hurricane Maria were told they no…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – April 30
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, April 25, 2018
General The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Division of Community Development released their CDBG-DR action plan draft on April 20. The draft is open for comment until…
FEMA Is Ignoring a Longer-Term Housing Option for Displaced Low Income Families – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
The following was published as an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel on April 20, 2018: https://bit.ly/2vB78fl For displaced people from the 2017 hurricanes, the storms were the first disaster - FEMA’s…
Senate Democrats Call for Housing Assistance for Families Displaced after Hurricane Maria
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) issued a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long…
Senator Nelson Calls for More Affordable Housing in Disaster Recovery
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter on April 16 urging the Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to use Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – April 23
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…