FEMA and the U.S. Treasury Department are temporarily withholding a billion-dollar emergency loan to help Puerto Rico with disaster recovery efforts. The loan was approved by Congress several months…
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…
Congress
The Senate has not yet passed the latest $81 billion disaster-relief package that the House passed in late December. The Senate had planned to tie the bill to the next continuing…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition held a congressional briefing on January 12 on “The State of Disaster Housing Recovery: Tools and Resources Needed to Ensure Equitable Recovery.”…
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt issued a letter on December 1, 2017 addressing concerns about mortgage relief options for homeowners in areas affected by the 2017 hurricanes…
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on January 8 called on FEMA to extend the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program in Puerto Rico through the end of the 2018 school year. He also called for…
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…
Reminder to everyone of the congressional briefing this Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the Capitol Visitors Center regarding the next disaster budget supplemental. Please join us if you can…
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…
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…
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…
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…
