Earlier this year, HUD developed a new “disaster standalone partial claim” program to help homeowners who have mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration avoid foreclosure. However, unnecessary barriers to enrollment and the limited scope of the program place this critical lifeline out of reach for too many families struggling after recent storms and other disasters.
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From the NYTimes: Why Does It Take So Long to Rebuild After a Hurricane? It’s not just the repairs, it’s navigating a ‘patchwork’ storm recovery system, applying for federal money and finding a reliable contractor.
After reading about the dreadful shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a reminder that on my other blog — www.disastersandfaith.wordpress.com
— there are numerous resources listed.
I just watched the 4pm briefing by public officials in Pittsburgh. Impressive in terms of their concern, efforts, and compassion. This may be the deadliest synagogue attack in U.S. history.
Stronger than the Storm: Disaster Law in a Defiant Age. As you might guess from the title, this is a provocative article. Document is 61 pages.
Thanks to Chris Jones for the citation.
First Hurricane Florence, Then Hurricane Mathew: A Town in Constant Recovery.
Lumberton, NC is the town described.
The narrative and the photos are quite compelling.
From USAToday: The Atlantic and Pacific Ocean hurricane season is most powerful on record this year.
Here are some details about an extreme typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.
From the Washington Post, this extraordinary story: A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history.
An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history.
Between 300 and 700 barrels of oil per day have been spewing from a site 12 miles off the Louisiana coast since 2004, when an oil-production platform owned by Taylor Energy sank in a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Ivan. Many of the wells have not been capped, and federal officials estimate that the spill could continue through this century. With no fix in sight, the Taylor offshore spill is threatening to overtake BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster as the largest ever.
Recovery Diva 