HUD Secretary Carson Testifies at House Oversight Hearing
HUD Secretary Ben Carson testified on May 21 at a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing. Secretary Carson was pressed by lawmakers on HUD’s recent actions to roll back fair housing…
Disaster Aid Package Delayed
After months of delays, the timeline for passage of a disaster aid package for communities impacted by recent disasters has been pushed back. While the Senate approved the $19.1 billion disaster…
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Activate Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) together with 10 of their Senate and House colleagues reintroduced the "Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2019" (…
Senator Harris Sends Letter to FEMA on Slow Housing Response Following Camp Fire
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) sent a letter on May 22 to Acting FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor urging his agency to take further action to address the housing needs of Camp Fire survivors. Although…
NLIHC and Partners Call for Media for Film on Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience
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 – May 28, 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 5/20…
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HUD Releases Block Grant Allocations for 2018 Disaster-Impacted States
HUD released on May 14 allocations of Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding for areas impacted by the 2018 disasters. These awards come from money Congress…
Congress Introduces Bipartisan Bills to Release Disaster Mitigation Funds
A bipartisan group of senators including Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on May 7…
Governors Urge President and Congress to Act on Disaster Aid Package
A bipartisan group of ten governors from North Carolina, Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Wisconsin sent a letter on May 7 to President Trump and…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 20, 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 5/13…