It’s been 10 years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, and in subsequent years other major hurricanes have devastated Texas’ coastal communities. OurContinue Reading
This article was originally published on The Conversation, and is republished here in accordance with their Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives license.Continue Reading
Several very smart people from the University of Texas and myself just had a paper published in the Journal ofContinue Reading
How many times do we have to hear the story before it sinks in? Let’s sum up the government responseContinue Reading
In case you missed the broadcast, I urge you to watch the Frontline film, The Old Man and the StormContinue Reading
Watch the trailer for the PBS Frontline film, “The Old Man and the Storm.” Several of President Bush’s top aidesContinue Reading
The back-and-forth between the Texas governor and the US Secretary of Homeland Security over who will pay for the removalContinue Reading
There are hopes that a structural reform and management reorganization of FEMA under the Obama Administration will solve the problemsContinue Reading
We have been critical of the decisions of the City of Houston and of Harris County so far as theirContinue Reading
We learned valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income families. This isContinue Reading
They have their hands full right now, but someday before the plans for rebuilding are set the city leaders inContinue Reading
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The images of the suffering poor left behind in New Orleans causedContinue Reading
Today’s dangerous housing problems in the Southwestern part of Houston have been greatly exacerbated by the actions of Houston cityContinue Reading
Reading the story in the Houston Chronicle on July 4 about Andrea Lee who moved to Houston after Hurricane KatrinaContinue Reading
The House Financial Services Committee called HUD and FEMA to testify about when the lead federal agencies for hurricane reliefContinue Reading
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina we wondered what we could do to help. We settled on four things: 1)Continue Reading