Monday Katrina/federal roundup
CLPHA has posted an appeal from the Houston Housing Authority for volunteers from other U.S. housing authorities to help handle the cases of people displaced from Gulf Coast public housing. The letter adds:
Still no special disaster relief housing vouchers from the federal government as far as we know. FYI, the federal directive that is already allowing housing authorities to place hurricane-displaced tenants at the tops of waiting lists is Housing Notice 2004-22 -- a notice issued previously but invoked automatically by the declaration of the current disaster.
This morning in federal announcements:
- Today's Federal Register announces HUD is holding a sale of mortgage loans, including of multifamily housing loans. It says bidder information was circulated August 10 but the bids must be submitted by tomorrow.
- HUD's Community Planning and Development page carries not only its new HOME and CDBG disaster relief waivers and guidelines but also some new-looking HOPWA operating instructions. For the HOME/CDBG material and other considerable additions recently placed on HUD's Katrina page, see our Saturday-posted item below.
- Secretary Jackson, who is himself the former director of the Dallas Housing Authority, is today quoted in a HUD press release praising the said Dallas housing authority for its emergency response work placing 1,000 people locally with the assistance of "local church groups."
- USDA has announced its Economic Impact Initiative grants.
- USDA's Katrina page continues to be updated. It offers both housing guidance and more generally helpful links such as "Replacing Your Vital Documents."
- FEMA's "What Government Is Doing" page has been considerably updated, with some potentially helpful links.
- The GSA has issued an emergency waiver of limits on federal travel expenses.
...and this isn't a housing item per se, but in case it helps anyone, here's Katrina guidance for immigrants from the immigration law firm of Siskind Susser.
Our Board has approved our granting preference to voucher and public housing program clients from hurricane impacted areas; we are actively placing clients served by the New Orleans Housing Authority (HANO) and other hurricane-affected housing authorities in our vacant public housing units as well as porting voucher clients in our program. Additionally, the City of Houston is sponsoring a citywide housing voucher system to assist an additional 20,000 non-assisted, displaced households; and the Houston Housing Authority will administer the program.CLPHA is also requesting contact from any housing authorities with space to house evacuees.
Still no special disaster relief housing vouchers from the federal government as far as we know. FYI, the federal directive that is already allowing housing authorities to place hurricane-displaced tenants at the tops of waiting lists is Housing Notice 2004-22 -- a notice issued previously but invoked automatically by the declaration of the current disaster.
This morning in federal announcements:
- Today's Federal Register announces HUD is holding a sale of mortgage loans, including of multifamily housing loans. It says bidder information was circulated August 10 but the bids must be submitted by tomorrow.
- HUD's Community Planning and Development page carries not only its new HOME and CDBG disaster relief waivers and guidelines but also some new-looking HOPWA operating instructions. For the HOME/CDBG material and other considerable additions recently placed on HUD's Katrina page, see our Saturday-posted item below.
- Secretary Jackson, who is himself the former director of the Dallas Housing Authority, is today quoted in a HUD press release praising the said Dallas housing authority for its emergency response work placing 1,000 people locally with the assistance of "local church groups."
- USDA has announced its Economic Impact Initiative grants.
- USDA's Katrina page continues to be updated. It offers both housing guidance and more generally helpful links such as "Replacing Your Vital Documents."
- FEMA's "What Government Is Doing" page has been considerably updated, with some potentially helpful links.
- The GSA has issued an emergency waiver of limits on federal travel expenses.
...and this isn't a housing item per se, but in case it helps anyone, here's Katrina guidance for immigrants from the immigration law firm of Siskind Susser.
posted by Martha Bridegam at 10:50 AM
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