FEMA Releases After-Action Report on its Response to the 2017 Hurricane Season
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…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 23
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…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 16
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…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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…
Court Orders Temporary Extension of TSA for Those Displaced by Hurricane Maria
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…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 9
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…
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…