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…
House Homeland Security Committee Questions FEMA Administrator
The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on June 12 with Acting FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor and Chris Currie from the Government Accountability Office. Lawmakers asked the witnesses…
NLIHC and Partners Call for Media for Film on Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience, Deadline for Submissions is June 25
NLIHC is partnering with Working Films — a production company that works with grassroots groups and non-profit organizations to visually enhance their programs — to curate a compilation of short…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - June 17, 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 6/10…