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Tag: Hurricane recovery

Lawsuit by four Texas renters says State of Texas, HUD discriminate on race in Hurricane Harvey aid

Harvey Recovery•by John Henneberger•Posted October 14, 2019

Four South Texas renters filed a civil rights lawsuit last week in federal court alleging HUD and the State of…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Fair housing, GLO, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Substandard apartments, Texas, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

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

Low-income households disproportionately denied by FEMA is a sign of a system that is failing the most vulnerable

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted November 30, 2018

For some, Hurricane Harvey is now a distant, if not unpleasant, memory. Looking back on 2017, many Texas families will…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, FEMA, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery

Texas is offering $1 billion for cities to build resilience to prepare for the next storm. But the process could leave out communities that need it most.

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by •Posted October 10, 2018

(Photo: A lineman checks on a downed powerlines in Port Arthur) In the last blog on Port Arthur, we predicted…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Infrastructure, Port Arthur, TDEM

Notes from the field: Charlton Pollard neighborhood works to change the pattern of neglect post-hurricane

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted September 17, 2018

Charlton Pollard Resident, Chris Jones, stands on Irving Street looking at a map of his neighborhood, “This area was affected by…

Tags: Beaumont, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery

Who’s rooting for Port Arthur?

Harvey Recovery•by •Posted September 13, 2018

(Photo: U.S. Air National Guard rescues family trapped in home in Port Arthur) Port Arthur sits on the shore of…

Tags: Golden Triangle, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery, Port Arthur

Texas Housers submits comments to City of Houston on proposed Hurricane Harvey action plan

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted June 29, 2018

Texas Housers submitted comments to the City of Houston last week about the city’s proposed plan for spending $1.15 billion…

Tags: CDBG-DR, Disaster recovery, Houston, Hurricane recovery

Texas Housers calls on state to amend Harvey recovery action plan to be more equitable and inclusive

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted May 3, 2018

The state must commit to an equitable, inclusive plan that will make new and repaired housing affordable to Texans with…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

State must amend plan for disaster recovery so thousands of low- and moderate-income Texans can rebuild and recover

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted April 27, 2018

Texas Housers and partners Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and Texas Appleseed held a press conference Friday morning about the…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane recovery

Texas Housers seeks disclosure of disaster housing program data maintained by State of Texas

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted April 3, 2018

The State of Texas is spending many millions of dollars in public funds on short-term housing for Harvey survivors. That…

Tags: GLO, Hurricane recovery, lawsuit, Transparency

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu shares lessons learned from recovery in New Orleans

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted March 20, 2018

Houston has a responsibility to its community to rebuild Houston stronger than it was before Hurricane Harvey. In order to…

Tags: Houston, Hurricane recovery, Katrina, New Orleans

Community planning and resiliency expert encourages being purposeful and prepared during hurricane rebuilding

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted February 22, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Houston has an opportunity to leverage its unique characteristics to build not only a…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Harriet Tregoning, Houston, HUD, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery

To achieve an equitable recovery, we propose a fairer way to determine needs of Hurricane Harvey survivors

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 21, 2018

When the methods used to determine needs of hurricane survivors favor higher income people and communities, the process of recovery…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

Houston coalition for equitable recovery advocates more resources for low-income survivors in comments to Texas officials

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by •Posted February 19, 2018

A Houston-based coalition advocating an equitable recovery for vulnerable survivors of Hurricane Harvey is calling on the State of Texas…

Tags: GLO, Houston, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

FEMA contract keeps Texas from sharing its own data publicly about state-funded disaster recovery programs

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 15, 2018

Texans are in the dark about the State’s progress in administering short-term housing programs and whether the State is meeting…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Hurricane recovery, Public information request, State Action Plan

The needs of low-income Hurricane Harvey survivors cannot be determined by FEMA data alone

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 14, 2018

To determine unmet need of survivors of disaster, the state relies heavily on FEMA data, an appropriate source, but one…

Tags: deferred maintenance, Disaster recovery, FEMA, GLO, Hurricane recovery

Citizen participation plan crucial to giving Hurricane Harvey survivors a voice in recovery

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 14, 2018

“Nothing about us without us.” It’s a common phrase that has been used by political movements in history — notably…

Tags: citizen participation, GLO, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

How the state should evaluate the needs of survivors after a disaster

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 12, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: CDBG-DR, Disaster recovery, GLO, HUD, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

The State of Texas must pay special attention to civil rights when it carries out disaster recovery plans

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 9, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Will the Commission to Rebuild Texas follow through on its charge to help the state recover quickly and equitably?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 7, 2018

  The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Infrastructure, State Action Plan

Does the Texas action plan for Hurricane Harvey recovery promote equity and inclusion for survivors?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 6, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

VIDEO: Will state officials incorporate lessons from previous hurricanes in their plans for Harvey recovery?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 2, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

Will Harvey-impacted renters with low incomes be left out of the state’s recovery plans?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 30, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery, Renters, State Action Plan

Is the State of Texas justly assessing infrastructure rebuilding needs after Hurricane Harvey?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 29, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Infrastructure, State Action Plan, Texas

How did the state come to prioritize some Harvey-affected areas over others?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 26, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released last Thursday. The Texas General Land…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan

Tracking Harvey Recovery: Latest analysis highlights unmet needs, urges more data transparency

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 19, 2018

Point of Clarification: FEMA has since clarified that inspections are not ordered for all valid registrations received. Some of these…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, HUD, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Texas

Once again recovery from a hurricane bypasses the poor

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 9, 2012

A New York Times editorial laments the type of government neglect that public housing residents in Texas know all too…

Tags: Galveston, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, public housing

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

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
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