Help ensure that low income people and neighborhoods are treated fairly after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
A broad coalition of national, state, and local organizations is calling on Congress…
FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program continues to create uncertainty for survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. Approximately 1,700 survivors of Hurricane Maria were told they no…
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
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Division of Community Development released their CDBG-DR action plan draft on April 20. The draft is open for comment until…
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) issued a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long…
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter on April 16 urging the Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to use Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)…
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
NLIHC has prepared a chart detailing CDBG-DR Allocations and the status of State Action Plans.
Federal Response
Congress
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter…
HUD awarded $28 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support long-term disaster recovery—the second and last allocation of what Congress appropriated in…
Representatives Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) introduced on April 11 the “Housing Victims of Major Disaster Act” (H.R. 5474). This bill would require FEMA and HUD to…
FEMA Administrator Brock Long testified at an April 11 Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, “FEMA: Prioritizing a Culture of Preparedness.” Mr. Long pledged…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHCR) sent a letter to House Financial Services Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) regarding a bill that…
