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Tag: Hurricane Dolly

How to avoid disaster recovery Groundhog Day

A Little Louder, Harvey Recovery•by •Posted February 1, 2019

There is no question that natural disasters will hit Texas again. We hope Mother Nature will keep the peace, but…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Fair housing, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Podcast

Video: Texas Housers board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt on colonia social vulnerability and disaster recovery

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 3, 2017

Our board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt, a professor and interim head of Texas A&M University’s Landscape Architecture and Urban…

Tags: Colonias, Hurricane Dolly, RAPIDO, Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

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

TxLIHIS policy analyst Josué Ramírez supports colonia residents’ search for solutions

Activities, Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 1, 2013

Although only 24 years old, Josué Ramírez has taken on a leading role in working with grassroots community leaders to…

Tags: Affordable housing, Cameron County, Colonias, Disaster recovery, Hidalgo County, Hurricane Dolly, Josué Ramirez, Poverty, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas

Austin American-Statesman: State should ask HNTB for a refund

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 15, 2012

The following editorial is from an editorial in today’s Austin-American Statesman. A state disaster relief contract has itself been declared…

Tags: HNTVB, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery

State report: 29% of TX first round HUD disaster funds drawn down, 0% 2nd round

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 14, 2012

Recent stories in the Austin American-Statesman, the Texas Tribune and the New York Times have chronicled the slow pace of…

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

Candidate for most outrageous quote of 2012: HNTB says Texas disaster recovery program is “on target and on budget”

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 11, 2012

Austin American Statesman reporter Brenda Bell has an amazing quote from HNTB in her story today about the HUD audit of…

Tags: HNTB, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane recovery, Texas General Land Office

Federal Audit Questions $8 Million Paid to HNTB — General Land Office | The Texas Tribune

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 10, 2012

In the second article in as many days, Texas Tribune reporter Becca Aaronson has disclosed a HUD inspector general’s report…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane recovery, TDRA

Hurricane Ike and Dolly home reconstruction drags on at unacceptable rates

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 13, 2012

According to a State of Texas report covering the period through January 31 2012, only 38 percent of houses destroyed…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Colonia Resident Worried About Tropical Storm Don

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 30, 2011

Channel Five in McAllen ran a story tonight on a resident of a colonia in Cameron County who was dreading…

Tags: Colonias, Hurricane Dolly

Where Texas border housing and community development issues stand after the legislative session

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 17, 2011

Earlier this week I spoke to the National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders about developments during the last session…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, Housing policy, Hurricane Dolly, Lower Rio Grande Valley

A “new sheriff” takes over Texas disaster recovery

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 6, 2011

(Photo: Texas General Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, from Texas Tribune) Readers will recall Governor Perry passed responsibility for the Hurricane…

Tags: CDBG, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Natural Disaster, Texas General Land Office

I woke last night to the sound of thunder

Local issues•by •Posted June 23, 2011

As other parts of the state literally burn and the Governor calls on Texans to implement a critical part of…

Tags: CDBG, Colonias, Disaster recovery, Edinburg, Hurricane Dolly, Rio Grande Valley

Governor Perry switches agencies responsible for disaster recovery funds

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 20, 2011

Shakeups in the State’s troubled disaster recovery program continue. In the wake of the virtual elimination of the Governor’s designated…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Rick Perry, Shaun Donovan, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Analysis: Governor Perry’s veto of Texas Department of Housing

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 19, 2011

On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the “Sunset Bill” for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that would…

Tags: Emergency management, Governor Rick Perry, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Michael F. Gerber, Mike Gerber, Special Session, TDHCA, TDRA, Texas, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, Vetoes

New York Times praises State of Texas/TxLIHIS disaster recovery settlement

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 14, 2010

The New York Times published this editorial Monday about our settlement with the State of Texas. Editorial HUD Steps Up…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Statement on our Fair Housing settlement with the State of Texas

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 25, 2010

HUD ACCEPTS $1.7 BILLION REVISED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN PRIORITIZING REBUILDING HOMES OF SURVIVORS An historic agreement between affordable housing advocates,…

Tags: Fair housing, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

The TxLIHIS / TX Appleseed / State of Texas fair housing settlement agreement

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 25, 2010

The settlement agreement can be viewed as a PDF document on the HUD website: http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-106/conciliationagreement.pdf

Tags: Fair housing, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

HUD announces approval of TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 25, 2010

HUD has issued an announcement of their approval of  of the settlement agreement to the TxLIHIS/Texas Appleseed  fair housing complaint…

Tags: Fair housing, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

The Texas plan directs rebuilding money away from those in need

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 11, 2010

There is really no other way to characterize the plan Governor Perry submitted to HUD to spend $1.7 billion in…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

HUD pushes Governor to redirect hurricane rebuilding funds to hurricane impacted counties

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 11, 2010

Things did not slow down during the holidays over the shape of Hurricane Ike and Dolly rebuilding programs in Texas,…

Tags: Hurrica, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike

What the State of Texas must do to fix the Hurricane rebuilding plan (and what we plan to do to make sure it does)

Activities, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 23, 2009

People have asked me what we want from the Texas CDBG Disaster Rebuilding Plan that we have criticized and that…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane 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

HUD should reject the State of Texas plan to misspend $3 billion in CDBG disaster recovery funds

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 25, 2009

The State of Texas is required to submit a plan amendment to HUD by September 30 outlining its final plan…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Governor orders $1.3B Hurricane recovery plan changed but fails to fix the problem

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 16, 2009

Not surprisingly the ill-conceived “weather report plan” proposed by ORCA to divide up the federal disaster recovery dollars in Texas…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

How much housing money is needed for Ike/Dolly rebuilding?

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 10, 2009

ORCA has proposed to allocate the remaining $1.3 billion of the $3,057,991,440 in Ike/Dolly CDBG rebuilding funds based on a model…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Testimony describes absurdity of Texas hurricane disaster fund allocation plan

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 6, 2009

Joe Higgs, organizer for Gulf Coast Interfaith, laid out clearly the problems with the proposed State of Texas plan to…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey on the politics of hurricane rebuilding

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 6, 2009

In his column today Houston Chronicle featured columnist Rick Casey speculates about why Governor Perry is allowing the Texas Office…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, ORCA

Federal court orders FEMA to reconsider denial of home repairs to Hurricane Dolly survivors

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 10, 2009

Good news for the low income Hurricane Dolly survivors who were denied home repairs by FEMA! The United States District…

Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Dolly

Governor Perry’s disaster rebuilding plan is the latest disaster to strike Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 8, 2009

We share the state auditor’s concerns in a report just released about the unacceptable length of time it takes the…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

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