Louisiana State Capitol, House Committee Room 5

By Murray Wennerlund published 3-7-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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The State of Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit that handles HUD CDBG-DR as the Grantee has most of their current 2016 information online. It is your responsibility to be sure you have the most current version of the manual

By Murray W. published 7-10-2018 updated 7-10-2018
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During disasters you may find yourself in financial hardship due to the loss of income during the disaster period or you are paying for secondary housing while your primary location is being repaired.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-5-2022 updated 10-5-2022
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This list identifies the most common housing assistance programs in the state of Louisiana. Other states will have the same federally funded programs with similar organizations. Be sure to check the HUD Exchange website for your state.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-30-2020 updated 5-11-2021
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU Directors Response to unfair policy enforcement: "...completely incorrect information and statements not based in current law or policy...". The letter that the state sent to flood victims is below. You have 30 days to comply.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-21-2018 updated 6-5-2019
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Follow the flow of American taxpayer dollars as it leaves the hands of Washington D.C. executive branch agency control for state government control and management to be used for disaster recovery programs per policy and procedure of HUD CDBG-DR programs.

By Murray Wennerlund published 7-17-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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Following the money that the state of Louisiana spends is very difficult since the state seems not to announce new contracts in the HUD official website. You must check often to see if any new contracts have been added to the states OCD-DRU website.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-29-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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We have hundreds of local services and this is a short contact list registered with the federal emergency management agency FEMA.

By Murray Wennerlund published 9-13-2020 updated 1-15-2022
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How Louisiana makes its "Get a Game Plan" nearly impossible for the people living in the state to understand where to get disaster recovery assistance. With every new storm, new websites are created and now they are creating compartmental websites.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-4-2021 updated 1-15-2022
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Disaster Recovery seems to be more of a knee jerk reactionary response by representatives more than what is promoted in the Get a Game Plan material. Imagine if leadership would approach disaster preparation like a general would preparing for war.

By Writers Pool published 9-19-2020 updated 1-15-2022
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