Hurricane Maria
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, March 21, 2018
General Updates HUD Webinars. HUD is holding free webinars to provide an overview of the new loss mitigation policies that address disaster-affected borrowers. The webinar is open to all FHA-approved services and housing counselors. The next two dates are March 22 (2-3 PM EDT) and April 3 (11 AM – 12 PM EDT). CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES Continue reading
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It’s Time to Broaden the Affordable Housing Movement
By Mike Koprowski, Campaign Director for Opportunity Starts at Home A safe, decent, affordable home is a foundation of opportunity, but it’s out of reach for far too many. The evidence is quite clear that we are witnessing a severe housing affordability crisis in America, and its consequences are spilling over into many other sectors such Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Congress The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on Preparedness, Response, and Rebuilding: Lessons from the 2017 Disasters on March 15. Members will have the opportunity to direct questions to a panel of federal witnesses and state/local stakeholders that include FEMA Administrator Brock Long (his first appearance before the Committee), San Juan Mayor Carmen Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, March 12, 2018
General Updates A Resource for Engagement with State Action Plans. The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 organizations provided a comprehensive set of policy recommendations that advocates can use with state governors to ensure that Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plans provide a fair and equitable recovery. The recommendations Continue reading
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Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, March 7, 2018
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FEMA October Wildfires By the Numbers: (as of 3/7) o 4,469 Individual Assistance (IA) applications approved* o $15,460,632 Individual & Household Program (IHP) approved* o $9,417,989 Housing Assistance (HA) approved* o $6,042,643 Other Needs Assistance (ONA) approved* o $210,474,340 Total Public Assistance Grants (PA) obligated** o $208,830,257 Emergency Work (Categories A-B) obligated** o Continue reading
On the Home Front 