GENERAL UPDATES
Free legal assistance is available for all disaster survivors in California, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands through the Disaster Legal Services of the…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 organizations provided a comprehensive set of policy recommendations that advocates can use with state governors to ensure…
FEMA Administrator Brock Long and other federal and state officials reported to the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on March 15 about the lessons learned about preparedness, response…
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since the last update in Memo to Members and…
Disaster recovery creates an opportunity for a community to rebuild better with the use of federal Community Development Block Grants—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to address long-time housing…
General Updates
HUD Webinars. HUD is holding free webinars to provide an overview of the new loss mitigation policies that address disaster-affected borrowers. The webinar is open to all FHA-…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 organizations provided a comprehensive set of policy recommendations that advocates can use with state governors to ensure that…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHCR) published its top disaster recovery priorities for Congress to include in any final FY18 omnibus spending bill. Congress may begin debate on…
A Spanish version of NLIHC’s “Outline of the CDBG-DR Federal Register Notice” is now available thanks to Francisco Rodriquez from Coalición de Coaliciones de Puerto Rico. The outline is designed to…
Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL) urged FEMA on March 9 to extend the Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) Program for Monroe County residents beyond March 11. The letter to FEMA Secretary Brock…
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…
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
FEMA
October Wildfires
By the Numbers: (as of 3/7)
4,469 Individual Assistance (IA) applications approved*
$15,460,632 Individual & Household Program (IHP) approved…
