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Tag: Hurricane Ike

PBS film documements role of race, class and politics in rebuilding hurricane damaged homes

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 2, 2009

Watch the trailer for the PBS Frontline film, “The Old Man and the Storm.” Several of President Bush’s top aides…

Tags: Hurricane, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Katrina

Governor Perry must act to let hurricane victims move into apartments

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 29, 2008

More than half of 5,000 Galveston County families displaced by Hurricane Ike and given federal vouchers to rent homes or…

Tags: Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Section 8

Houston’s Tropical Storm Allison home repair debacle provides warning regarding Hurricane Ike funds

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 26, 2008

The State of Texas is considering turning over administrative responsibility for $1.3 billion in Hurricane Ike rebuilding funds to local…

Tags: Houston, HUD, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

It is time to stop pretending the COG disaster housing rebuilding program is the answer

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 20, 2008

In Wednesday’s blog entry I reported on the performance of the Councils of Governments (COGs) in carrying out Round 1…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Rita rebuilding

Examining claims of local effectiveness in administration of housing disaster funds

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 18, 2008

There have been a lot of claims voiced by Councils of Governments (COGs), local officials and the Texas Office of…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane Rita rebuilding

Texas official in charge of disaster assistance refuses to state housing needs will be funded

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 16, 2008

I predicted the process for allocating funds set out in the draft ORCA Hurricane Ike/Dolly Disaster Plan will result in…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Put an end to FEMA trailers by moving people quickly into permanent housing

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 15, 2008

She says it far better than I can. We shot this interview with a woman whose home suffered major damage…

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

My suggestions for a Texas disaster housing program

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 14, 2008

In developing a plan to help Texas survivors of Hurricanes Ike and Dolly rebuild their homes I believe the starting…

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

Existing statewide housing program should be the vehicle for assisting Hurricane Ike survivors

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 11, 2008

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has received criticism from elected officials over the slow pace of…

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

Texas disaster recovery plan is based on bad data and faulty assumptions

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 8, 2008

Today I continue the analysis begun yesterday of the draft plan developed by the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Texas disaster plan – an ill conceived pork barrel

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 7, 2008

Texas’ just released plan for $1.3 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant funds for Hurricanes Dolly and Ike fails…

Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Galveston public housing conditions illustrate results of HUD’s failure to give a damn

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 5, 2008

I toured the three devastated public housing developments in Galveston this week and what I saw sickened, depressed and angered…

Tags: HUD, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Public housing authorities

Is federal disaster assistance an entitlement?

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 1, 2008

The back-and-forth between the Texas governor and the US Secretary of Homeland Security over who will pay for the removal…

Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane Rita

Closer scrutiny will follow Texas expenditure of $1.3 billion in hurricane relief

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 29, 2008

HUD has allocated Texas $1.3 billion of the $2.1 billion in Community Development Block Grant funds that Congress has recently…

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

Reforming FEMA alone won’t fix the problem

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 26, 2008

There are hopes that a structural reform and management reorganization of FEMA under the Obama Administration will solve the problems…

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

What’s with FEMA’s high denial rate of Galveston area requests for help?

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 16, 2008

Anger is widespread over the fact that people are still living in tents in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.  Data…

Tags: FEMA, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Houston Chronicle urges prioritizing rebuilding Galveston public housing

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 11, 2008

Amen! House poor Make restoring Galveston’s public housing a priority Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Nov. 10, 2008 More than three…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

Texas State officials and FEMA in open war over Ike recovery

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 7, 2008

It sounds increasingly like open warfare has broken out between Texas officials and FEMA over the Hurricane Ike recovery efforts.…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Louisiana extends its sympathies to Texas regarding FEMA

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 5, 2008

Our neighbors from Louisiana have offered some sympathy to Texas in the problems we have been experiencing with FEMA. Here…

Tags: Hurricane Ike

Confusion and delays plague temporary housing programs for Hurricane Ike survivors

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 30, 2008

I have been spending some time this week trying to understand the way the FEMA temporary housing assistance programs have…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, Hurricane Ike

A public housing advocate senses tide turning against Galvestion public housing rebuilding

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 23, 2008

Lenwood Johnson, Texas’ foremost public housing advocate, sent me an email this afternoon about the prospects for rebuilding public housing…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

Ike housing damages said to be $8.5 billion in Harris County; more than 1/2 of Houston apartments damaged

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 21, 2008

Two stories in today’s Houston Chronicle point to the staggering cost of housing damages.  We are still waiting for the…

Tags: Hurricane Ike

Nearly 306,000 Ike damaged properties in Texas have been reviewed by FEMA inspectors

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 19, 2008

Five weeks after Hurricane Ike made landfall, state and federal financial assistance to help Texas homeowners, renters and businesses recover…

Tags: Hurricane Ike

Homeowners rebuilding from Hurricane Ike have basically no consumer protection in Texas

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 18, 2008

Houston Mayor Bill White threw in the towel this week, ending his modest effort to provide rudimentary consumer protections to…

Tags: Houston, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Substandard housing

Southeast Texas elected leaders demand temporary FEMA trailers despite health risks

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 17, 2008

Some local elected officials are downright furious with FEMA because FEMA will not put travel trailers on the property of…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Gov. Perry picks Eckels, Newby to lead Hurricane Ike recovery and coordination effort

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 16, 2008

Governor Perry has designated a former Harris County Judge and the Governor’s current chief of staff to “co-lead an effort…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

New Orleans de je vue in Galveston

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 26, 2008

Forrest Wilder’s Texas Observer Blog about high end housing construction on Galveston Island is well worth reading. There should be…

Tags: Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike emergency housing status

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 26, 2008

Some of the elements of the Hurricane Ike housing relief package have become know this week.  Here is a review…

Tags: Hurricane Ike

FEMA rejects Mayor White’s request to allow Houston to begin immediate emergency housing repairs

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 20, 2008

Speaking about the need to take quick action to weatherproof houses damaged by Hurricane Ike, I earlier recommended a concerned…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding

Lessons from Kartina and Rita about rebuilding permanent housing for low income hurricane survivors

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 18, 2008

We learned valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income families. This is…

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

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