Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, May 16, 2018
General Items FEMA has continually refused to allow DHAP because officials stated that the Governors of the impacted states/territories had not formally requested it. However, the Governor of…
More than 200 Organizations Send Letter Urging Senate Leaders to Include DHAP in FAA Reauthorization Act
NLIHC and 212 organizations from the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition sent a letter on May 11 to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Ron Johnson (R-WI) and…
Disaster Recovery State Action Plans
The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico released on May 3 and May 10 their draft Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plans for public comment until May 17 and May 25…
House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on CDBG-DR
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing to examine the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) program. Witnesses have not yet been announced.…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery - May 14
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, May 9, 2018
General In response to FEMA’s Fact Sheet: Myths vs. Facts – FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, NLIHC--on behalf of the DHRC--has set the record straight with its own fact sheet:…
Join Sign-On Letter Urging Senator Nelson to Include DHAP in FAA Reauthorization Act
Please join NLIHC and nearly 200 other organizations in signing onto a letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL), urging him to include…
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…