HUD Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing Homelessness in Maui through Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing Program
HUD awarded $1.3 million to the State of Hawaii on August 23 to support people experiencing homelessness and people at risk of homelessness through the Department’s Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 11, 2023
Hawaii Wildfires The Hawaiian island of Maui is still reeling from the impact of catastrophic wildfires – the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Although the fires have now been contained, more than…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 8, 2023
The Hawaiian island of Maui is still reeling from the impact of catastrophic wildfires – the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Although the fires have now been contained, more than 5,000 people…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 28, Issue 32
Memo: Updates on Budget Advocacy, Housing and Homelessness, Disaster Housing Recovery, and More
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – August 28, 2023
Congressional and National Updates Congress remains unlikely to replenish FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund any time soon. While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the urgent need to do so –…
Address from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on Equitable Disaster Housing Recovery
The catastrophic wildfire on the island of Maui in Hawaii constitutes the deadliest disaster in the history of that state and the deadliest wildfire in the modern era. Fanned by the winds of one of…
Address from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on Equitable Disaster Housing Recovery
The catastrophic wildfire on the island of Maui in Hawaii constitutes the deadliest disaster in the history of that state and the deadliest wildfire in the modern era. Fanned by the winds of one of…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – August 25, 2023
Congressional and National Updates Congress remains unlikely to replenish FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund any time soon. While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the urgent need to do so –…
Tropical Storm Hilary Causes Devastating Flooding in Southern California
Tropical Storm Hilary, which formed as a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean last week, traveled north along Mexico’s Baja Peninsula before beginning to impact southern California on August 20. Parts of…
Hawaii Grapples with Scale of Catastrophic Wildfires, Deadliest of Modern Times
The death toll following the wildfires that tore through portions of the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month has reached 114, while the mayor of Lahaina has suggested that more than 850 people…
Hawaii’s Worst-Ever Wildfire Destroys Town of Lahaina, Becomes Deadliest US Wildfire Since 2018
A brushfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui grew into a devastating wildfire that tore through portions of the island in what appears to be the worst disaster in the state’s history. The fire…