Speaking about the need to take quick action to weatherproof houses damaged by Hurricane Ike, I earlier recommended a concerned…
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Lessons from Kartina and Rita about rebuilding permanent housing for low income hurricane survivors
We learned valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income families. This is…
How to judge the success of Hurricane Ike housing relief? Count the blue roofs in six months.
They are called blue roofs. The roofs are blue because FEMA pays contractors to stretch blue plastic tarps over the…
A New Orleans obituary has lessons for Galveston
They have their hands full right now, but someday before the plans for rebuilding are set the city leaders in…
Our ten point plan for rehousing low income Hurricane Ike survivors
There are many critical housing needs facing Hurricane Ike survivors of all incomes. Our focus is on the area of…
Apply the lessens of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita to the Ike relief efforts
We learned a lot of valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income…