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
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Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) called on Senate leadership in a letter to take up two bills to help hurricane survivors find safe and affordable housing. The Disaster…
Federal Response
Congress
Representative Ann Wagner’s (R-MO) bill to permanently authorize CDBG-DR has passed through committee with a vote of 53-3. The bill--including several amendments…
The House Financial Services Committee approved on June 7 the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2018,” (HR 4557) permanently authorizing the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (…
The Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of NLIHC, the Mississippi Center for Justice, SBP (formerly known as the St. Bernard Project), and Texas Low Income…
Fourteen U.S. representatives sent a letter to House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), calling on him to hold a hearing to evaluate disaster recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after…
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…
Eight senators introduced the “Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018” on May 31. The bill would require FEMA to enter into an interagency agreement with the HUD to implement the…
Representative Sean Maloney (D-NY) issued a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long urging him to reconsider FEMA’s May 15 denial of Puerto Rico Governor Rossello’s request that the Disaster Housing…
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released a statement on May 29 condemning the inadequate emergency and recovery resources provided to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane…
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…
An article published in The New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on the displacement, disruption of services, and fatalities that occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.…
