Data on the Katrina recovery structure
We've been trying for some time to understand a public/private/interagency disaster recovery entity called the Joint Housing Solutions Center, which is reportedly co-chaired by HUD's own Charles "Hank" Williams.
Now from FEMA we've got a press release explaining that this Center "was designed to facilitate the coordination of re-housing ideas, innovations, strategies, solutions, and resources from all levels of government and all sectors of the society under one roof." The release gives "an example of" the participants and their efforts.
This partial list of participants is an interesting one for multifamily housing people because it does not include trade organizations or nonprofits specializing in multifamily housing. The nonprofit and "faith-based" organizations named are large general-purpose relief charities except for one housing specialist, Habitat for Humanity. The "private" institutions listed are the National Association of Realtors, the National Association of Home Builders, the American Institute "For" Architects, and "Home Depot Active in Disaster." Among the general categories of "State, Parishes, Municipalities," a further "State/Local" institution listed is Louisiana State University.
If homeownership ideas have been markedly emphasized in federal recovery planning, could the nature of this list have something to do with it?
Or could there be multifamily people on the full list who aren't mentioned in this excerpt? The press release does provide contact information for "a complete list of JHSC participants, or for more information." The phone number given is 281-615-6086, email is HousingSolutions@dhs.gov. I'm going to write to them. If anyone else hears back first, could you drop us a note in comments below?
A few anecdotal examples of ideas proposed by the Solutions Center are given. One is a good, big idea: a planning effort to lay out these emergency trailer communities like towns. Welcome news, since there were early reports of mobile homes being set up 11 feet apart.
Now from FEMA we've got a press release explaining that this Center "was designed to facilitate the coordination of re-housing ideas, innovations, strategies, solutions, and resources from all levels of government and all sectors of the society under one roof." The release gives "an example of" the participants and their efforts.
This partial list of participants is an interesting one for multifamily housing people because it does not include trade organizations or nonprofits specializing in multifamily housing. The nonprofit and "faith-based" organizations named are large general-purpose relief charities except for one housing specialist, Habitat for Humanity. The "private" institutions listed are the National Association of Realtors, the National Association of Home Builders, the American Institute "For" Architects, and "Home Depot Active in Disaster." Among the general categories of "State, Parishes, Municipalities," a further "State/Local" institution listed is Louisiana State University.
If homeownership ideas have been markedly emphasized in federal recovery planning, could the nature of this list have something to do with it?
Or could there be multifamily people on the full list who aren't mentioned in this excerpt? The press release does provide contact information for "a complete list of JHSC participants, or for more information." The phone number given is 281-615-6086, email is HousingSolutions@dhs.gov. I'm going to write to them. If anyone else hears back first, could you drop us a note in comments below?
A few anecdotal examples of ideas proposed by the Solutions Center are given. One is a good, big idea: a planning effort to lay out these emergency trailer communities like towns. Welcome news, since there were early reports of mobile homes being set up 11 feet apart.
posted by Martha Bridegam at 8:30 AM
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