Matters Under Review MUR Holding Disaster Recovery to Account

Louisiana desperate homeowners placing land with structures up for collateral.

52 hours after the August 2016 Louisiana flood we had hundreds people going street by street, house by house placing signs for Kitchens, Drywall, Flooring, Buying flooded homes, loans, property sales and several get rich quick in disaster zone types

By Contributor published 12-27-2017 updated 3-10-2023
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How well does your state follow the HUD Grant Amendment Process?

When you follow the HUD Grant money trail you will run into the guidelines HUD places on Grantees which is your state government on just how to handle the Action Plan and the inevitable Amendments that follow in the wake of every declared disaster.

By Writers Pool published 6-12-2018 updated 6-21-2018
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S. 3041, Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Record

What does the S. 3041 Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 which was once called H.R. 4460 - Disaster Recovery Reform Act do for homeowners with SBA Loans? In our opinion, nothing, but if you have news that will help we are listening.

By Supervisor published 6-13-2018 updated 6-21-2018
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Louisiana Flood Victims fear losing HUD CDBG-DR Grant funds if they speak out about the Restore.LA.Gov Program

Its 2018 fear and ignorance of what state employees can and can not do fills the hot humid air here in the state of Louisiana. You've seen the pictures, the piss po southern sitting in a chair on an old porch that looks like it's about to collapse.

By Contributor published 5-21-2018 updated 1-15-2022
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Louisiana Waivers Alternative Requirements for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantee

When we follow the waivers, alternative requirements and requests our state of Louisiana OCD asks HUD and the CDBG-DR program for we start to see a trend of funneling money away from those that it actually is to assist. Follow the Money.

By Writers Pool published 6-2-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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What it means to be Low and Moderate income families in declared disaster zones in the USA and Territories.

More specifically, what does it mean to rebuild with next to nothing leaving you dependent on federal and state agencies that seem not to understand the urgency of the matter.

By Contributor published 6-27-2018 updated 8-11-2021
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Mr. Murray Wennerlund Restore Louisiana Public Comments Feb. 12, 2019 LA state capitol

Speaking out during the Public Comment period for Action Plan Amendment 11 with focus on "Seed" funding of state projects from Homeowners Assistance grant funds which US Taxpayers funded.

By Murray Wennerlund published 3-12-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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Mr. Jim Tucker, Representing Tucker Properties Restore Louisiana Public Comments June 9, 2017 LA state capitol

The Difficulties our For Profit sectors faced after the 2016 floods in Louisiana are best learned by listening to the for profit business owners. Can we in the long term afford to only grant funds to Opportunity Zones that have had 20 years failed growth

By Contributor published 2-26-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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May of 2017 started like any other May with the Third Appropriation Scenarios that seemed logical at the time.

When you review the document published here youll see from the beginning that the program did have a clear mind and was focused on saying they would help as many people as possible. But what happened over the 2017 year that ended hope for many victims?

By Murray Wennerlund published 5-30-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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OCD-DRU Fails to secure Interim Mortgage Assistance for 2016 flood victims a third time

35 months later the Louisiana Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit asks HUD to use interim housing funds as a reimbursable activity for homeowners with mortgages of substantially damaged, condemned, or otherwise uninhabitable homes.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-14-2019 updated 10-15-2019
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