Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 25, 2022
Congressional and Executive Action The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing, “Supporting Underserved Communities in Emergency Management,” on July 19.…
Congress Announces Upcoming Hearings Focused on Housing, Homelessness, and Disaster Recovery
Upcoming hearings on housing, homelessness, and disaster recovery have been announced by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee; the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs…
NLIHC and Disaster Law Project Submit Final Recommendations to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
NLIHC and the Disaster Law Project (DLP) submitted final recommendations to the United Nations’ International Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) on July 15…
Supreme Court Ruling in EPA Case Has Ramifications for People at Risk of Disasters and Others Living in Affordable Housing
The Supreme Court announced its holding in the case of West Virginia vs. EPA on June 30. The case aimed to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate the emission of…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – July 11, 2022
Congressional and Executive Action The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released $6 billion in disaster recovery funds to farmers impacted by wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, and winter storms…
House Appropriations Committee Releases FEMA Budget Proposal; House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Disaster Recovery Legislation on Unmet Needs
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2023 “Homeland Security Funding Bill,” which includes a proposal for FEMA’s FY23 budget. The bill proposes $25.89 billion in…
Coronavirus Updates – June 27, 2022
National Updates Reporting With rents now reaching record highs – national median rents are up 21% from the start of the pandemic – CNN examines how renters who made it through the worst of the…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 27, 2022
State and Local Hawai’i The Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa are working on a new temporary shelter for deployment during disasters. Due to the geography…
HUD Announces First-Ever Dedicated Unsheltered Homelessness Funding
HUD announced on June 22 that it would release a new tranche of funds dedicated to addressing unsheltered homelessness. The funds will help decrease the unsheltered homeless population by directing…
FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Support Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on June 14 to review FEMA’s…
NLIHC and DHRC Endorse “Stay Cool Act”
NLIHC and the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) have endorsed the “Stay Cool Act” (H.R. 7949) introduced by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). The bill – cosponsored by…