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Tag: Hurricane Rita rebuilding

First homes complete, Texas Grow Home Project website launched

Activities, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 27, 2009

The first two Texas Grow Homes in Port Arthur have been completed by Houston-based CDC Covenant Neighborhoods and the new…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Rita 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

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

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

Slow expenditures, questionable priorities plague Houston and Harris County administered hurricane relief efforts

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 13, 2008

We have been critical of the decisions of the City of Houston and of Harris County so far as their…

Tags: Houston, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding

Lingering concerns about Texas Hurricane Rita home rebuilding

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 25, 2008

I am supporting the the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Round 2 plan for CDBG housing assistance for…

Tags: Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding, TDHCA

FEMA and HUD: not who you would want to depend on to throw you a life preserver

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 4, 2008

The House Financial Services Committee called HUD and FEMA to testify about when the lead federal agencies for hurricane relief…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, FEMA, HUD, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding, Katrina evacuees

We have not learned the lessons of Katrina

Activities, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted May 31, 2008

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina we wondered what we could do to help. We settled on four things: 1)…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Rita rebuilding, Katrina evacuees, Low income survivors
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