Louisiana Homeowners Assistance Program Task Force gets brief from public over statutory and regulatory issues

Public Outreach Notice: Seeking Information on Contractor Fraud Restore Louisiana Home Warranty

Public Notice: Were you pressured by a contractor to sign off on repairs after the 2020-2021 disasters? Were investigating contractor fraud in the Restore Louisiana Program. Contact us confidentially at to report your experience.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-8-2024 updated 8-8-2024
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2016 Flood Victim Still Rebuilding: Request for Temporary Electric Service Denied, Hindering HVAC System Test.

In the aftermath of the 2016 floods, a homeowner in Denham Springs, Louisiana, faced a setback when her request for temporary electrical service to complete HVAC system tests was denied by city authorities, despite compliance with regulations.

By Murray Wennerlund published 5-17-2024 updated 5-17-2024
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Manipulation of Federal Grants and Impact on Homeowners after a declared disaster.

Since 1953, federal grant assistance provided to homeowners has been subject to manipulation, leading to the mitigation of operational deficits in state and local municipalities.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-29-2023 updated 8-29-2023
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Republishing an article that today shows same actors involved with taxpayer funded disaster recovery efforts

This article says more than most since hurricane Katrina. Its important to understand what happened with the HUD Grants during that period time and what HUD required states to do today. A simply fix has always been to allow for more draws than the 5 max.

By Contributor published 12-13-2022 updated 12-13-2022
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How high should your finished floor of your new home be from your lowest land grade?

Its becoming more and more a problem for federal agencies, state departments and local municipalities to settle on a standard for elevating your home in known flood zones and potential flood zones.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-6-2022 updated 12-6-2022
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Homeowners not informed by FEMA or State Managers about HUD inspection requirements for CDBG-DR Grants

A goal for every homeowner should be to reduce your disaster debt burden for real costs of repairs and new construction after a declared disaster. This can be accomplished by having enough insurance to replace your home under any disaster classification.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-4-2022 updated 12-4-2022
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU Director Patrick Forbes increases Emergent Methods LLC contract, again and again.

From 700,000 to 2.4 million and they pick and choose what public communications they want to address. It pays well to not complete a task or contract with the state of Louisiana OCD-DRU under the direction of Patrick Forbes.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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State of Louisiana promises full payments to Solution 1 builders but threatens Solution 2 builders with zero.

State of Louisiana OCD-DRU sent out notices to Solution 2 Homeowners who are constructing new homes to replace their substantially damaged homes from the 2016 floods that their may not be enough funds to honor the grant agreement.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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Upper Management Exception Requests often never make it to upper management.

Your disaster recovery success often depends on the quality of information provided by your state workers or sub-contractors. In Louisiana we find most of the people assisting homeowners do not provide information until directly asked for information.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-31-2022 updated 11-1-2022
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State of Louisiana may be offering $85k to $100K in grants for substantially damaged manufactured homes.

Most Impacted Disaster MID areas are to see major relief for those living in manufactured homes during the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-20-2022 updated 8-24-2022
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