Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 16
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…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Federal Response Congress Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) wrote a letter to Kathy Kraninger, Program Associate…
Court Orders Temporary Extension of TSA for Those Displaced by Hurricane Maria
A federal court barred FEMA from evicting from hotels and motels nearly 2,000 families displaced by the 2017 natural disasters until July 24 to allow the court to hear further arguments in a lawsuit…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 9
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…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Federal Response Congress Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY) have introduced “The Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act” (S.2996 and H.R.5474), which would…
Court Grants Temporary Injunction on FEMA’s Termination of Transitional Shelter Assistance; Advocates and Members of Congress Call for Longer-Term Solutions
A federal court issued an injunction on June 30 barring FEMA from ending its Temporary Shelter Assistance (TSA) program for families displaced by the 2017 disasters. The court’s decision, which was…
HUD Approves Texas and Florida’s CDBG-Disaster Recovery State Action Plans
HUD has approved the Texas action plan for its $5 billion allocation from the Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program designed to support long-term recovery from…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – July 2
The following is an additional update on disaster housing recovery since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 6/25). NLIHC also posts…
Take Action: Urge Congress to Provide Stable Housing for Displaced Hurricane Survivors
Nearly 2,000 families displaced after the 2017 disasters will be evicted tomorrow, June 30, when FEMA ends its hotel/motel Transitional Assistance Shelter (TSA) program, while refusing to activate…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update
Federal Response Congress Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up…
Members of Congress Urge FEMA to Set Up Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up the Disaster Housing Assistance Program…