Advocates Commend Court for Temporarily Baring FEMA from Evicting Hurricane Survivors, Urge Congress to Activate Longer-Term Solutions
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations commends the decision made on July 3 by the U.S. federal court to…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Federal Response Congress Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY) have introduced “The Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act” (S.2996 and H.R.5474), which would…
Court Grants Temporary Injunction on FEMA’s Termination of Transitional Shelter Assistance; Advocates and Members of Congress Call for Longer-Term Solutions
A federal court issued an injunction on June 30 barring FEMA from ending its Temporary Shelter Assistance (TSA) program for families displaced by the 2017 disasters. The court’s decision, which was…
HUD Approves Texas and Florida’s CDBG-Disaster Recovery State Action Plans
HUD has approved the Texas action plan for its $5 billion allocation from the Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program designed to support long-term recovery from…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – July 2
The following is an additional update on disaster housing recovery since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 6/25). NLIHC also posts…
Court Grants Temporary Injunction to Protect Low Income Disaster Survivors, Now Congress Must Act
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations commends the decision made on June 30 by the U.S. federal court to temporarily…
Op-Ed: FEMA's failing disaster victims who are still desperate for housing
Originally published in the Orlando Sentinel on June 29, 2018 Ater Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, tens of thousands of people were displaced from their damaged or destroyed homes. Many…
Take Action: Urge Congress to Provide Stable Housing for Displaced Hurricane Survivors
Nearly 2,000 families displaced after the 2017 disasters will be evicted tomorrow, June 30, when FEMA ends its hotel/motel Transitional Assistance Shelter (TSA) program, while refusing to activate…
FEMA Will Evict Nearly 2,000 Hurricane Survivors From Temporary Shelter on June 30
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 national, state, and local organizations led by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) strongly condemns…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update
Federal Response Congress Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up…
Members of Congress Urge FEMA to Set Up Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up the Disaster Housing Assistance Program…