Disaster Recovery Update, January 8, 2018
Thanks to all of you for the robust interactions during last Thursday’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition call. These spilled over into follow-up emails from several of you, asking to be…
House Passes Third Disaster Aid Package
Just before recessing at the end of 2017, the House of Representatives passed an $81 billion disaster aid package, the third assistance package since the disasters hit in 2017. The House bill…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since the last Memo to Members and Partners (see…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, 3 January 2018
CALIFORNIA FEMA Governor Brown’s office sent an official request for a major disaster declaration for the southern California wildfires on December 20, and the President was to evaluate this…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Friday, December 22, 2017
Despite the admonitions of senators from disaster-affected states, a third disaster aid supplemental installment was not attached to the continuing resolution Congress passed last night to keep the…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, December 20, 2017
The tax exemption for private activity bonds (PAB) survived the House and Senate Tax Reform bills. The legislation preserves the 9% and 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit)—…
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition Update - December 19, 2017
The big news: Last night the House released its $81 billion disaster aid package. According to Politico, it is the largest single funding request for natural calamities in U.S. history…
Disaster Supplemental May Receive a Vote This Week
Congressional leaders are expected to unveil the next supplemental disaster relief funding bill this week for communities affected by hurricanes and wildfires in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery
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, December 13, 2017
Congress The conference committee created to resolve differences between the House and Senate bills met today. The DHRC sent a letter to the conference committee and all other congressional…
Disaster Recovery Reform Act Moves Out of House Committee
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 4460, “The Disaster Recovery Reform Act” (DRRA), on November 30. The bill provides reforms to FEMA’s response and recovery programs…