Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico Submits Complaint about Puerto Rico’s Disaster Recovery Efforts
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition member Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico submitted a complaint to HUD’s Office of the Inspector General detailing numerous problems with the Puerto Rico Department…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - July 15, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 7/…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 25
Subject line: Memo: This Is Our Moment
House Spending Package Includes Funding and Provisions for Disaster Relief
The House passed on June 25 a five-bill spending package for FY20 that includes funding and provisions that would affect disaster housing recovery efforts. The spending package created a Homeless…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - July 1, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 6/24…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 24
Memo: Join Webinar with Rep. Sylvia Garcia, House Votes on Housing Spending Bill, and More
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Disaster Recovery for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate, including Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), introduced the “…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - June 24, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 6/17…
Memo To Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 23
Memo: POV – 30 Years Out of Reach, and More
NLIHC Calls on HUD to Quickly Release Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Funding
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on June 12 to HUD Secretary Ben Carson calling on the agency to immediately release over $16 billion dollars in Community Development Block Grant–…
Head of FEMA Oversight Agency Resigns Over Whitewashed Reports
John V. Kelly stepped down from his role as the acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 11. The resignation comes after an internal report found significant…