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Tag: Disaster housing rebuilding

Lawsuit by four Texas renters says State of Texas, HUD discriminate on race in Hurricane Harvey aid

Harvey Recovery•by John Henneberger•Posted October 14, 2019

Four South Texas renters filed a civil rights lawsuit last week in federal court alleging HUD and the State of…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Fair housing, GLO, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Substandard apartments, Texas, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Low-income households disproportionately denied by FEMA is a sign of a system that is failing the most vulnerable

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted November 30, 2018

For some, Hurricane Harvey is now a distant, if not unpleasant, memory. Looking back on 2017, many Texas families will…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, FEMA, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery

Court rules for colonia residents over FEMA denial of post-disaster home repair help

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 23, 2017

Our friends at La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) have been waging a multi-year…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, FEMA, La Union del Pueblo Entero, LUPE, TRLA

Three things Texas should do to make rebuilding from the floods faster and easier

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 30, 2015

With President Obama’s major flooding disaster declaration of certain Texas counties the long-term disaster rebuilding process will soon begin again.…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery

On being named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow

Activities•by John Henneberger•Posted September 17, 2014

I am deeply honored today to be named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation. This recognition comes to me…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Fair housing

Texas Senate to study disaster rebuilding – trying to get it right next time around

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 24, 2013

Unfortunately, Texas has a lot of experience administering governmental programs to help Texans rebuild their homes in the wake of…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Eddie Lucio, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike

Galveston housing authority director resigns

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 13, 2011

The Galveston County Daily News is reporting Galveston Housing Authority Executive Director Harish Krishnarao resigned effective immediately during an executive…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

A conversation series dedicated to developing a disaster housing reconstruction program for low income homeowners

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by •Posted January 15, 2010

The Texas Grow Home Conversation Series will consist of eight meetings held every third Wednesday from 4pm – 6pm (location…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Hurricane rebuilding

Disaster rebuilding, celebrity style, solution or problem?

National issues•by •Posted December 3, 2009

Brad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation is planning to build 150 homes in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. …

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Post-disaster housing

First homes complete, Texas Grow Home Project website launched

Activities, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 27, 2009

The first two Texas Grow Homes in Port Arthur have been completed by Houston-based CDC Covenant Neighborhoods and the new…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Rita rebuilding

HUD Rejects State of Texas CDBG Disaster Recovery Plan

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 16, 2009

HUD has rejected the State of Texas Plan to spend $1.7 billion in CDBG disaster recovery funds for Hurricane Dolly…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike

FEMA and HUD: not who you would want to depend on to throw you a life preserver

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 4, 2008

The House Financial Services Committee called HUD and FEMA to testify about when the lead federal agencies for hurricane relief…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, FEMA, HUD, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding, Katrina evacuees

We have not learned the lessons of Katrina

Activities, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 31, 2008

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina we wondered what we could do to help. We settled on four things: 1)…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding, Katrina evacuees, Low income survivors
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