Florida FEMA Registrations after Hurricane Irma: Renters Disproportionately Affected, Including Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Low Income Households
FEMA recently released data about registrations for assistance from its Individuals and Households Program (IHP) after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. IHP provides approved registrants with assistance…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, November 8, 2017
General Updates California Wildfires Hurricane Maria Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey GENERAL UPDATES Homeless Education Advocacy Manual. The National Law Center on Homelessness &…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, November 7, 2017
DISASER HOUSING RECOVERY COALITION In an effort to better organize our disaster housing recovery efforts, NLIHC has created a formal list of members of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, November 6, 2017
CONGRESS On November 2, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced a bill to provide affordable housing to survivors of major disasters. Senator Nelson noted in a statement that tens of thousands of…
NLIHC Analyzes Hurricane Harvey Impact
NLIHC released a blog post that analyzes preliminary information about housing damage in Texas after Hurricane Harvey and registrants for assistance from FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (…
HUD to Continue Providing Section 8 Subsidies to Owners of Properties Lacking Electricity and Running Water in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
As previously reported in Memo on 10/30, HUD had been weighing whether it could legally provide Section 8 subsidy payments to owners of HUD-assisted properties in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands…
Temporary Shelter Assistance and Other Housing Options Provided to Residents of Puerto Rico
The following are updates on hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico related to Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s request for FEMA to approve Temporary Sheltering Assistance (TSA) to provide residents…
Texas Hurricane Housing Recovery Updates
The following are updates on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in Texas related to a request from the Governor’s Commission to Rebuild Texas for $61 billion in additional federal assistance for…
Senators from Florida and Texas Weigh In on Disaster Recovery
Senators from Florida and Texas raised concerns about delays in disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and called for action from the administration, Congress,…
Congress Holds Hearings on Disaster Recovery Response and Programs
Congressional committees held several hearings the week of October 30 on the federal response to the recent hurricanes. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs conducted an…
HUD Provides Numbers of HUD-Assisted Properties and Units in Disaster Areas and of Assessments Completed
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs provided the numbers of HUD-assisted properties and units in disaster-affected areas in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and…