Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 16, 2022
Congress Support for permanently authorizing the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program is building in the Biden administration and in Congress. If enacted, the DHRC-…
Sen. Warren and Rep. Thompson Introduce FEMA Equity Act
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the “Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act” (…
NLIHC and Disaster Recovery Advocates Send Disaster Recovery Transparency Recommendations to HUD
NLIHC, the Fair Share Housing Center of New Jersey, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, and Texas Appleseed sent a memo to HUD on May 6 with recommendations to increase transparency and public involvement in…
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Disaster Mitigation Legislation
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted on April 28 on several disaster recovery reform bills. One of the bills, the “Community Disaster Resilience Zone Act,” is supported…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 2, 2022
Congressional Action Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) sent a letter to appropriators in the U.S House of Representatives asking for additional funding for…
FEMA Releases Equity Action Plan
As part of an administration-wide push to advance equity and racial justice across the federal government (see related article in this Memo), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released…
Coronavirus Updates – April 18
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD announced on April 5 that it will make an additional $3.2 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds available to help its…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 18, 2022
National News The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls for urgent action to respond to global climate change. The report states that in less than a decade, human-…
NLIHC Sends Letter to FEMA Administrator Calling for a Halt to Rent Collection for Louisiana Hurricane Survivors
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on behalf of the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on May 31 calling on the agency to waive…
Senate Committee Unanimously Passes Legislation to Create Community Disaster Mitigation Zones
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved the “Community Disaster Mitigation Zones Act” on March 30. Introduced by Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI…
Coronavirus Updates – April 4, 2022
National Updates Department of the Treasury The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released new data on reallocations of the initial appropriation of emergency rental assistance (ERA1). The…