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…
Op-Ed: FEMA's ignoring a longer-term housing option for displaced families
For displaced people from the 2017 hurricanes, the storms were the first disaster; FEMA’s housing response has been the next. Thousands of low-income seniors, people with disabilities, and families…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, April 18, 2018
General NLIHC has prepared a chart detailing CDBG-DR Allocations and the status of State Action Plans. Federal Response Congress Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter…
HUD Allocates $28 Billion for Disaster Recovery
HUD awarded $28 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support long-term disaster recovery—the second and last allocation of what Congress appropriated in…