The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for…
Federal Response
HUD
HUD has approved Puerto Rico’s plan for spending the $1.5 billion allocation from the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery to assist in long-term recovery…
The Senate voted 92-6 today, August 1, to approve its fiscal year (FY) 2019 Transportation-HUD (THUD) spending bill, which provides robust funding for affordable housing and community development…
HUD and other federal agencies, including FEMA, issued a Housing Damage and Recovery Strategies Report on June 29 summarizing the pre-disaster housing market conditions in Puerto Rico, recovery…
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for…
A federal judge has instructed FEMA to again temporarily extend its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for displaced survivors of Hurricane Maria. The extension is designed to provide…
FEMA released on July 12 its “2017 Hurricane Season FEMA After-Action Report” examining its response to the 2017 hurricanes, including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. While the report…
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…
Federal Response
FEMA
FEMA has released a report titled the “2017 Hurricane Season FEMA After-Action Report.” The report details the response to hurricanes in 2017, including instances of FEMA’s…
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for…
Federal Response
Congress
Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) wrote a letter to Kathy Kraninger, Program Associate…
A federal court barred FEMA from evicting from hotels and motels nearly 2,000 families displaced by the 2017 natural disasters until July 24 to allow the court to hear further arguments in a lawsuit…
