Further Thursday disaster housing updates
- News from the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association includes legislative updates on Senate passage of an amendment for $3.5 billion in emergency Sec. 8 voucher funds, the previous passage by both houses of the HR 3768 tax relief bill, and more.
- Highlights of recent FEMA releases:
-- FEMA announced it had distributed $625 million in expedited housing assistance as of Monday 9/26.
-- FEMA's "30-day disaster update," issued today, reports one million applications for disaster assistance from Louisianans and summarizes housing and shelter efforts in the state. Similar summary for Alabama here. Alabama housing summary here.
- The most recent Department of Homeland Security disaster spending and housing summary is here.
- An Army Corps of Engineers report posted on the GOP.Gov Katrina page ends a report of pumping, debris removal, etc. with an update on its part of the housing picture:
- PBS' NOW has devoted all its September coverage to the Katrina response. Tomorrow night's show is on FEMA.
- Offered under the heading of barriers to affordable housing in the "reception states": reports of intense unfriendliness to a bus convoy of mostly-black Hurricane Rita evacuees in East Texas.
- Highlights of recent FEMA releases:
-- FEMA announced it had distributed $625 million in expedited housing assistance as of Monday 9/26.
-- FEMA's "30-day disaster update," issued today, reports one million applications for disaster assistance from Louisianans and summarizes housing and shelter efforts in the state. Similar summary for Alabama here. Alabama housing summary here.
- The most recent Department of Homeland Security disaster spending and housing summary is here.
- An Army Corps of Engineers report posted on the GOP.Gov Katrina page ends a report of pumping, debris removal, etc. with an update on its part of the housing picture:
Corps Housing Planning and Response Team (PRT) is supporting FEMA's Housing Area Command (HAC).- Heritage Foundation praising the new Katrina relief housing plan.- 559 of 600 travel trailers have been hauled and placed in staging areas in Baldwin County, Alabama.
- Completed 189 of 377 travel trailers [sic] installations in Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama.
- Travel trailers began arriving in Gulfport, Mississippi yesterday.
- PBS' NOW has devoted all its September coverage to the Katrina response. Tomorrow night's show is on FEMA.
- Offered under the heading of barriers to affordable housing in the "reception states": reports of intense unfriendliness to a bus convoy of mostly-black Hurricane Rita evacuees in East Texas.
posted by Martha Bridegam at 5:23 PM
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