Disaster Recovery

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 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…

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…

Memo: Over 120 Events for Housing Week of Action, NLIHC Testifies on Housing, and More

The House of Representatives voted on June 3 to approve a disaster aid package for communities impacted by major disasters in 2017, 2018, and 2019 by a vote of 354-58. The bill has been signed by the…

The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office (OIG), tasked with overseeing FEMA’s performance, confirmed that more than a dozen FEMA audits were found to have excluded shortcomings…

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 6/03…

Washington, DC - Eight months after Hurricane Michael decimated the Florida panhandle and seven months since wildfires devastated parts of California, Congress agreed to provide much-needed recovery…

Memo: Tweetstorm for Our Homes, Our Voices, Upcoming Webinar on HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule, and More

For the third time in two weeks, the House failed to pass an aid package for communities impacted by recent disasters, leaving survivors without the assistance they need to recover. Though the…

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 5/28…

Memo: When the Cruelty is the Point