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

Grantee Louisiana Grant B-16-DL-22-0001 HUD CDBG-DR Program Allocations, Obligations, and Expenditures.

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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Communicating with State workers and their Sub-Contractors.

Our CTA refused to provide us with information to allow us to move forward in the program. I knew what we needed he refused to answer. We reported him to the state from the director to the Governor and nothing was done about it.

By Writers Pool published 7-15-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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1,565 Louisiana homeowners may lose nearly $58 million in HUD CDBG-DR grants because they are moving too slow.

Awarded and accepted a Restore LA grant? You must close out on that grant with all required documents by July 31, 2019 or your grant award will be revoked and your recovery will end without federal assistance as ordered by state director Patrick Forbes.

By Murray Wennerlund published 6-15-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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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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September 28, 2016 RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK FORCE MINUTES

Louisiana State Capitol, House Committee Room 5

By Murray Wennerlund published 3-7-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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October 14, 2016 RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK FORCE DRAFTED MINUTES

Louisiana State Capitol, House Committee Room 5 DRAFTED MINUTES

By Contributor published 3-7-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU tells homeowners to start using CTA for answers.

This comes after months of fighting between homeowners and their point of contact CTA at the IEM offices for recovery information. Many CTAs where told by management not to communicate with homeowners while others simply ignored the homeowner.

By Murray Wennerlund published 2-26-2019 updated 1-15-2022
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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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OCD-DRU Patrick Forbes accuses flood victim "..creating unnecessary panic and frustration among flood victims"

My neighbor came over banging on our door asking for me to read the 30 day notice to purchase flood insurance to cover the Programs costs or be deemed ineligible for HUD CDBG-DR Grants. This comes weeks and months after grants were awarded and signed.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-16-2018 updated 6-5-2019
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Solution 2 Reconstruction Homeowners Experience and Knowledge gained, researched and documented version 1.4.12

Homeowners documenting policy and procedures of the Louisiana Homeowners Assistance Program for the great floods of 2016 have completed the next updated revision of the homeowners management guide to Solution 2 construction projects.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-1-2018 updated 1-15-2022
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