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Tag: Hurricane Ike

Houston Town Hall on Disaster Single Family Home Repair

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted May 26, 2011

On Saturday, May 21, 2011, Texas Organizing Project (TOP) along with other supporting organizations spearheaded a record attendance Town Hall…

Tags: Disaster recovery, home repair, Houston, Hurricane Ike, Texas Organizing Project, TOP

HUD Approves Phase I of Texas Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing

State issues•by •Posted May 13, 2011

One of the conditions of the TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery…

Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Analysis of Impediments, Disaster recovery, Fair housing, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

John Henneberger Testimony at TDHCA Board Meeting on Disaster Recovery Housing Programs

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted May 9, 2011

John Henneberger, a Co-Director of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, spoke at the May 5, 2011 board meeting…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane Ike, TDHCA

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

Houston Chronicle reports hurricane rebuilding fund diversion

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

Mike Synder of the Houston Chronicle this weekend picked up on the story about Governor Perry’s diversion of funds away…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane Rita

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 denies Governor Perry’s Amended Recovery Plan

National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 17, 2009

On November 10, HUD Assistant Secretary Mercedes Marquez issued a letter to Governor Rick Perry denying the State of Texas’s…

Tags: Disaster recovery, 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

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

Getting closer to finding out why so many Texas hurricane survivors were denied housing assistance

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 17, 2009

The pieces are slowly coming together to answer the question, why were so many applications for FEMA housing assistance in…

Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Katrina Cottage pilot program woes due to failure at all levels

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 15, 2009

How many times do we have to hear the story before it sinks in? Let’s sum up the government response…

Tags: FEMA, Heston Homes, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane rebuilding, Katrina Cottages, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

TX Legislature seeks better homes, faster repairs for hurricane survivors

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 13, 2009

It has been almost a year since Hurricane Ike’s and Hurricane Dolly’s floodwaters rose above streets, and above doors and…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Galveston Long Term Recovery Plan should focus on what it takes to allow survivors to return home

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 12, 2009

Lots of hard work has gone into the production of the Galveston Long Term Recovery Plan. The citizens behind this…

Tags: Galveston, Housing policy, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Rental housing most vulnerable in Hurricane Ike shortchanged in reconstruction plan

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 11, 2009

Renters and rental housing were particularly hard hit by Hurricane Ike. Yet renters and rental housing needs are being shortchanged…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

The “Ike Dike” is no excuse for diverting money from rebuilding homes

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 11, 2009

The June 4 issue of the Wall Street Journal reports that Houston leaders are pushing a plan to protect against…

Tags: Galveston, Houston, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

How Ike and future hurricanes impact Black households disproportionately

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 10, 2009

African-American households reside in areas most vulnerable to hurricanes in the greater Galveston Bay area. Census tracts in which 60%…

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

A confession: we’ve learned firsthand the reasons for disaster rebuilding delays

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 9, 2009

I have to fess up. Having pointed out in yesterday’s blog the unacceptably slow pace of rebuilding homes destroyed in…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding

Housing advocates tell HUD that TX Disaster recovery plan fails to disclose how the money will be spent

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 4, 2009

After reviewing the Disaster Recovery Plan that the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) submitted to HUD the Texas…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

A failed housing program will always come back and bite the responsible entity

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 20, 2009

One had to feel sorry for Michael Gerber Thursday morning. Appearing before a subcommittee of the Texas House Appropriations Committee…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Rita, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Texas will be forced to ration hurricane home repair grants

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 7, 2009

Texas should allocate the limited disaster funds so that they take care of the housing needs of Hurricane Ike/Dolly survivors…

Tags: Galveston, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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