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:…
Please join NLIHC and nearly 200 other organizations in signing onto a letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL), urging him to include…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) submitted comments on May 4 on Florida’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan. While the road to recovery…
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for…
Federal Response
Congress
The House passed the FAA Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4) on April 27 with a vote of 393 - 13. As previously noted, this bill includes the Disaster Recovery Reform Act,…
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), which coordinates the state’s disaster recovery housing efforts, released a State of Florida Action Plan for Disaster Recovery for the…
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) published an August 5 research note, Who’s Moving into Apartments?, that examines the type of households that switch from owners to…
A report released August 6 by NLIHC and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) provides an updated analysis of rents and home prices in 100 metropolitan areas. This report…
