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
Congress
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced a bill on May 17 requiring FEMA to stand up the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) for survivors of Hurricanes Irma and…
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) filed legislation on May 17, the ‘‘Disaster Housing Assistance Act,’’ requiring FEMA to enter into an agreement with HUD to activate the Disaster Housing Assistance Program…
Since Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria hit more than eight months ago, FEMA has continually refused to stand up the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), a proven and effective strategy for…
The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing regarding HUD’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program on May 17.…
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…
General Items
FEMA has continually refused to allow DHAP because officials stated that the Governors of the impacted states/territories had not formally requested it. However, the Governor of…
NLIHC and 212 organizations from the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition sent a letter on May 11 to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Ron Johnson (R-WI) and…
The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico released on May 3 and May 10 their draft Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plans for public comment until May 17 and May 25…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing to examine the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) program. Witnesses have not yet been announced.…
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…
General
In response to FEMA’s Fact Sheet: Myths vs. Facts – FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, NLIHC--on behalf of the DHRC--has set the record straight with its own fact sheet:…
