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Action Plan Amendment No. 1 Community Development Block Grant Funds in response to the Great Floods of 2016

Action Plan Amendment No. 1 for the utilization of Community Development Block Grant Funds (CDBG) in response to the Great Flood of 2016 Public Comment Period: February 1 to 15, 2017

By Contributor published 6-12-2018 updated 6-15-2018
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Action Plan Amendment No. 2 Community Development Block Grant Funds in response to the Great Floods of 2016

Action Plan Amendment No. 1 for the utilization of Community Development Block Grant Funds CDBG in response to the Great Flood of 2016 Public Comment Period: June 7 to 20, 2017.

By Contributor published 6-16-2018 updated 6-16-2018
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State of Louisiana Task Force Meeting SBA Fix topic July 13, 2018 where will the money go if no SBA Fix?

Not only does the Director of the State of Louisiana OCD-DRU Patrick Forbes state that it will take HUD Guidance or Congress to pass law. He goes deeper into what he will spend it on if the $682 million isn't used for the SBA Fix. This was in APA 9 .

By Contributor published 8-8-2018 updated 1-2-2019
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State of Louisiana contractor IEM hires sub-contractor to reduce elevation caps by 5%

IEM Inc a NC Risk Management company holds true to their core business model by creating a report comparing the price of wood vs. concrete when elevating homes. The report awards 5% more grant funds to use timbers and 5% less for concrete CMU blocks.

By Murray Wennerlund published 1-7-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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File a Complaint Against a Federal or State Government Agency Louisiana, Texas, Puerto Rico, Indiana, Florida

When you find errors and omissions you should report them. When you find state workers and directors of agencies making statements which they then in turn ignore or abuse their power you should report them.

By Murray Wennerlund published 6-29-2018 updated 1-11-2022
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Low to Moderate Income disaster victims with good credit are denied HUD CDBG-DR Grant funds

Grantee OCD-DRU Louisiana has adapted a new policy to deny Low and Moderate income households from claiming a financial hardship do to having good credit and the ability to receive a Federal Secured SBA loan.

By Writers Pool published 5-5-2018 updated 3-21-2019
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Restore La. Program Speeds Up Progress, Aims to Help More Homeowners and Businesses

At todays Restore Louisiana Task Force meeting, Gov. John Bel Edwards said the state is making significant progress in its recovery from the 2016 floods, but there is more work to be done to help homeowners and businesses recover faster.

By Contributor published 6-11-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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Restore Pipeline Reports #46 June 16 to 22 2018

Restore Pipeline Reports 46 June 16 to 22 2018

By Writers Pool published 6-27-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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2016 Floods Action Plan Amendment 8 taking money from Administrative funds to create a new government program

May 15 at 5 p.m public comments end for Actin Plan Amendment 8 which wants to take away money from the overall program to bailout government. Don't sit back waiting for this to happen. Speak out, stop government waste and bailouts. Repair Homes First

By Supervisor published 5-13-2018 updated 6-21-2018
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Request for copies of missing Flood 2016 Contracts from OCDDRU Flood Contract page

Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, Efficiency and Open Public Communications is much more difficult with the state of Louisiana Department of Administration than you might think. No accountability even with their methods of asking for Public Records.

By Writers Pool published 6-5-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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