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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Federal Response FEMA FEMA granted a blanket extension of the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for approximately 1,700 survivors who were scheduled to lose their benefits. FEMA had determined that these families were no longer eligible for TSA, but the extension allows them to continue participating. The program is still set to expire for all Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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 on April 16 urging the Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to use CDBG-DR funds to help those struggling to find affordable housing. Florida DEO is Continue reading
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Blazing a new trail for housing justice: A Q&A with New York City’s Right to Counsel Coalition
By Isaiah Milbauer, NLIHC Field Intern New York City eviction proceedings have long been a tale of the powerful versus the powerless. Historically, renters hardly ever receive legal representation in eviction court proceedings, but landlords almost always do. (And this is true in housing courts everywhere across the country!) As a direct result of tenants Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, April 10, 2018
General To increase the responsiveness of federal disaster housing programs, the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition has developed an online tool for capturing the individual stories of disaster survivors. These accounts of unmet need will be collected for use with policymakers and media to illustrate the unique housing challenges low income survivors face after a disaster Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Federal Response Congress The House Homeland Security Committee is hosting a field hearing on Hurricane Harvey Lessons. The hearing will be held on April 9 at 10:30 AM CDT at Berry Center, 8877 Barker Cypress, Cypress, TX. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) OMB Director Mick Mulvaney issued a memo with guidance for agencies regarding Continue reading
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