Community Development - City, Town, County, Parish, Disaster Recovery.

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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Quality Controls and inspections related to Estimates with missing items

The state of Louisiana Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit creates contracts with companies to do a job for disaster victims. Its the homeowners responsibility to report any errors or omissions to the OCD no matter how small.

By Writers Pool published 6-4-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU adds DOB to Flood Victims Denied SBA Loans because of Adverse Financial conditions

The State office of Community Development director Patrick Forbes denies flood victims HUD CDBG-DR Funds and adds SBA Loans that the SBA has Declined because of Adverse reasons. State demands Homeowners provide SBA details of the Adverse condition.

By Contributor published 8-9-2018 updated 8-13-2018
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Louisiana Flood DR 4277 and 4263 the APA 8 Action Plan Amendment 8 with Public Comments are here

You have to ask the right people to get a copy of the public documents that our Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit is required to publish to the public on the state OCD-DRU web page. Lucky for thousands we have concerned citizens

By Writers Pool published 6-8-2018 updated 6-27-2018
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Restore Louisiana contractor IEM denies homeowners elevation costs in Construction Payment process

In the state of Louisiana homeowners required to reconstruct and elevate have had an on going battle with select IEM managers about the proper methods of handling the financing. To date, not a single homeowner in this group has been able to finalize.

By Murray Wennerlund published 3-29-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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Why does Restore.LA.Gov count NFIP ICC as a Duplication of Benefits when they don't overlap other services?

When we compare grants and insurance money we often find the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development making up rules as they go. Lets take the NFIP ICC, Increased Cost of Compliance which means the additional cost to follow Codes and Rules.

By Supervisor published 6-18-2018 updated 6-18-2018
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August 13, 2016 Louisiana Flood, 2 years later we are still called Flood Victims and not Flood Survivors, why?

Two years after the flood we have foundations cracking due to erosion, wood buckled and warped, joists and beams bent and split. Old wood has never been perfect after it's been soaked for days and dried slowly for months.

By Contributor published 8-13-2018 updated 8-15-2018
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