General Updates
Disaster Aid Passed. Congress passed a disaster relief bill on February 9. While the bill provides $28 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)…
General Updates
Funding for Relief, Not Debt. Five representatives and two senators sent a letter to the chairman of the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) for Puerto Rico, José B.…
Last night, Congressional leaders released the text of the disaster relief bill that Senate Republicans and Democrats plan to include as part of a larger budget agreement to lift the low…
GENERAL UPDATES
HUD posts Federal Register Notice. A HUD Exchange email sent Tuesday afternoon provided an advance copy of the long-awaited Federal Register notice that directs how Texas, Florida…
HUD
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Puerto Rico more than $1.5 billion through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program on February…
Sign your organization on to a letter to members of Congress telling them to enact a robust disaster relief bill as soon as possible that includes basic safeguards and housing resources to help low…
The governors of Texas, California, Florida and Puerto Rico called on Congress to pass an additional disaster supplemental bill as soon as possible, and Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D…
Although a third of Puerto Rico residents still lack electricity and many have no running water, FEMA announced on January 30 that it would abruptly end the distribution of emergency food and potable…
Hurricane Florence
General
Early estimates of property damage from Hurricane Florence range between $17 billion and $22 billion, but could be higher depending on flooding.
Solomon Towers, a…
These pictures show the extent of the flooding from Hurricane Florence in many communities, and the likely damage that will result. Although the rain and wind have mostly stopped, rivers and…
According to reports in the media, Hurricane Florence has closed more than 100 roads, cut off power to more than 500,000 buildings, and created flooding that surrounds the city of Wilmington and…
NLIHC is in close communication with our members and partners in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia, as well as their congressional delegations and the administration. NLIHC is monitoring Hurricane…
