Disaster Recovery

Last week, representatives from HUD spoke at the United Nations Buildings and Climate Forum in Paris, France, about the agency’s efforts to decarbonize and increase resiliency within its programs and…

Despite Tight Topline Funding, Advocates and Key Congressional Champions Secure Increased Funding for HUD Programs in FY24 Spending Bill

Congressional and National Updates Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services has introduced the “Wildfire Insurance Study Act” (H.R.…

Several massive wildfires, including one that became the largest in Texas history, rapidly expanded in the Texas Panhandle during the last week of February, prompting evacuations and power outages as…

New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Brookings Institute shows that renters would benefit from improved policies for coping with natural disasters. The study’s authors –…

HUD awarded $8.7 million in Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funding on February 29 to the State of Florida and six localities impacted by Hurricane Ian. The money is earmarked for…

Several massive wildfires, including one that is now the largest in Texas history, rapidly expanded in the Texas Panhandle during the last week of February, prompting evacuations and power outages as…

The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (known as the Community Change Grants program) is currently accepting applications. Initiated under the “Inflation Reduction Act…

HUD announced on February 9 that it had awarded $6.9 million in Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funding to the State of Hawaii to help individuals and families who are homeless or at risk…

HUD announced on February 9 that it had awarded $6.9 million in Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funding to the State of Hawaii to help individuals and families who are homeless or at risk…

NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign has awarded capacity-building grants to seven state-based organizations that will work to advance the national campaign’s goals. Each grantee will…

NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) hosted a national DHRC webinar on the disaster recovery reforms announced by FEMA in an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on January 19. The discussion…