Gov. Greg Abbott announced yesterday that he and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs have taken initial action…
Tag: Disaster relief
Disaster relief rolls out in the Rio Grande Valley; residents hope for just and fair process
(Home in Indian Hills colonia that experienced flooding after the June storms. Photo taken a week after the storms hit.)…
We are looking for four people who want to work with us for a just and equitable disaster recovery
Texas Housers is looking for four talented and dedicated people to work for housing justice with our team. The job…
Another epic, preventable disaster strikes the poor
Somilia, Katrina, Rita, Ike, now Haiti. Another epic disaster strikes a population of desperately poor people. Poor physical living conditions,…
What the State of Texas must do to fix the Hurricane rebuilding plan (and what we plan to do to make sure it does)
People have asked me what we want from the Texas CDBG Disaster Rebuilding Plan that we have criticized and that…
ORCA’s public hearing for $1.7 billion disaster relief program crashes
Today’s web based public hearing conducted by ORCA to accept public testimony on the $1.7 billion Hurricane Ike/Dolly CDBG Disaster…
Confusion and delays plague temporary housing programs for Hurricane Ike survivors
I have been spending some time this week trying to understand the way the FEMA temporary housing assistance programs have…
The toll from Hurricane Dolly is not in and we’re not prepared for a low income housing disaster
At this hour we still don’t have a full account of damage from Hurricane Dolly which hit Brownsville and the…
FEMA and HUD: not who you would want to depend on to throw you a life preserver
The House Financial Services Committee called HUD and FEMA to testify about when the lead federal agencies for hurricane relief…