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Category: Harvey Recovery

Notes from the field: Charlton Pollard neighborhood works to change the pattern of neglect post-hurricane

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted September 17, 2018

Charlton Pollard Resident, Chris Jones, stands on Irving Street looking at a map of his neighborhood, “This area was affected by…

Tags: Beaumont, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery

Houston coalition holds People’s Tribunal to amplify voices of vulnerable hurricane survivors

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted September 13, 2018

As the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approached the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity coalition also known as  HOME…

Tags: Disaster recovery, HOME coalition, Houston, Hurricane

Who’s rooting for Port Arthur?

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted September 13, 2018

(Photo: U.S. Air National Guard rescues family trapped in home in Port Arthur) Port Arthur sits on the shore of…

Tags: Golden Triangle, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery, Port Arthur

New report details how Houston floodplain ordinance can worsen inequality in face of future floods

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted August 30, 2018

On April 3, 2018, the Houston City Council voted to make Chapter 19, the city’s Floodplain Management Ordinance, more stringent.…

Tags: City of Houston, Flooding, Houston, Infrastructure

Texas Housers staff learns from Arbor Court moms advocating for better living conditions

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted August 6, 2018

(Photo from ABC-13 in Houston of Arbor Court flooded during Hurricane Harvey) The expertise of each member of the Texas…

Tags: 12 Moms, Arbor Court

Notes from the field: Houston mom says her home is making her sons sick. She and many others are demanding better.

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by Ericka Bowman•Posted July 17, 2018

“A decent, safe place to come home to, where I can give my kids a good life.” Ask any of…

Tags: 12 Moms, Housing, Houston, Substandard housing

The goal of disaster recovery should be more than returning to normal

Activities, Harvey Recovery, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 9, 2018

I was honored to give the keynote at the 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop on July 9 in…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Housing, Hurricane Harvey

Texas Housers submits comments to City of Houston on proposed Hurricane Harvey action plan

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted June 29, 2018

Texas Housers submitted comments to the City of Houston last week about the city’s proposed plan for spending $1.15 billion…

Tags: CDBG-DR, Disaster recovery, Houston, Hurricane recovery

West Street Recovery makes recommendations to improve state-run rapid repair program

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted May 23, 2018

This is a guest blog, written by West Street Recovery staff Ben Hirsch and Becky Selle. West Street Recovery is a…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane, Hurricane rebuilding, PREPS

Port Arthur residents told to wait for disaster recovery for too long, but hold out hope their government come through

Activities, Harvey Recovery, Local issues, National issues, News Clips, State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 10, 2018

As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, there are unanswered questions from residents and a rising level of concern…

Texas Housers calls on state to amend Harvey recovery action plan to be more equitable and inclusive

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted May 3, 2018

The state must commit to an equitable, inclusive plan that will make new and repaired housing affordable to Texans with…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Where health happens: Housing’s impact on health and quality of life

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted May 2, 2018

Image by Elizabeth Conley from Houston Chronicle This post was written by Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D., a Child Health Policy Fellow at…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Health, Housing, Houston, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey

State must amend plan for disaster recovery so thousands of low- and moderate-income Texans can rebuild and recover

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted April 27, 2018

Texas Housers and partners Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and Texas Appleseed held a press conference Friday morning about the…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane recovery

An equitable Houston demands continuous engagement in the wake of Harvey

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 26, 2018

Hurricane Harvey “pulled back the curtain” on inequality in Houston, revealing some “scary truths about the city we are living…

Homeowners demand state officials fix disaster recovery partial home repair program

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted April 19, 2018

This week, Houston homeowners spoke out about their experience with the state-run, FEMA-funded rapid repair program, called PREPS. One homeowner…

Tags: GLO, home repair, Houston, Hurricane, Hurricane rebuilding, media

Field Notes: An unequal response to disaster in Beaumont

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 18, 2018

More than 48 inches of rain inundated Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey struck last August, and the deluge impacted people across…

Tags: Beaumont, Disaster recovery, Hurricane, Hurricane rebuilding

Texas Housers seeks disclosure of disaster housing program data maintained by State of Texas

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted April 3, 2018

The State of Texas is spending many millions of dollars in public funds on short-term housing for Harvey survivors. That…

Tags: GLO, Hurricane recovery, lawsuit, Transparency

Report examines Harvey’s impact on Gulf Coast migrant communities

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted March 28, 2018

The Episcopal Health and Kaiser Family foundations recently released a second report on the Gulf Coast’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey…

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu shares lessons learned from recovery in New Orleans

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted March 20, 2018

Houston has a responsibility to its community to rebuild Houston stronger than it was before Hurricane Harvey. In order to…

Tags: Houston, Hurricane recovery, Katrina, New Orleans

A look at GoogleMaps reveals unsettling reality of recovery for Houston renters.

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted March 19, 2018

  Featured photo by Michael Cialgo. At Texas Housers, our researchers use mapping technology to understand, analyze, and communicate data…

Community planning and resiliency expert encourages being purposeful and prepared during hurricane rebuilding

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted February 22, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Houston has an opportunity to leverage its unique characteristics to build not only a…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Harriet Tregoning, Houston, HUD, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery

To achieve an equitable recovery, we propose a fairer way to determine needs of Hurricane Harvey survivors

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 21, 2018

When the methods used to determine needs of hurricane survivors favor higher income people and communities, the process of recovery…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

Houston coalition for equitable recovery advocates more resources for low-income survivors in comments to Texas officials

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by •Posted February 19, 2018

A Houston-based coalition advocating an equitable recovery for vulnerable survivors of Hurricane Harvey is calling on the State of Texas…

Tags: GLO, Houston, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

With hurricane season approaching, health and safety at Houston apartments takes on new urgency

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted February 19, 2018

Far too many Houston renters lack an affordable place to live. Many more, including those with low incomes and people…

FEMA contract keeps Texas from sharing its own data publicly about state-funded disaster recovery programs

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 15, 2018

Texans are in the dark about the State’s progress in administering short-term housing programs and whether the State is meeting…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Hurricane recovery, Public information request, State Action Plan

The needs of low-income Hurricane Harvey survivors cannot be determined by FEMA data alone

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 14, 2018

To determine unmet need of survivors of disaster, the state relies heavily on FEMA data, an appropriate source, but one…

Tags: deferred maintenance, Disaster recovery, FEMA, GLO, Hurricane recovery

Citizen participation plan crucial to giving Hurricane Harvey survivors a voice in recovery

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 14, 2018

“Nothing about us without us.” It’s a common phrase that has been used by political movements in history — notably…

Tags: citizen participation, GLO, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

How the state should evaluate the needs of survivors after a disaster

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 12, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: CDBG-DR, Disaster recovery, GLO, HUD, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

The State of Texas must pay special attention to civil rights when it carries out disaster recovery plans

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 9, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Navigating the Golden Triangle five months after Harvey

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 9, 2018

Clinton McNair is on a mission.  Five months after Hurricane Harvey battered Texas’ Golden Triangle, the community navigator and Beaumont…

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