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

State of Louisiana OCD-DRU CDBG-DR Grantee Manual 3.7 - Section 4.0 Duplication of Benefits

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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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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Restore Louisiana Task Force Meeting July 13th 2018 State Capitol, House Committee Room 5, Baton Rouge

State Capitol, House Committee Room 5, 900 N. Third St. Baton Rouge LA 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 PM Friday, July 13. Be sure to be on time, or at least between 9:30 and 10:00. Most meetings are fast, last one ended about 10:30 only one public comment presented.

By Supervisor published 6-28-2018 updated 6-28-2018
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Louisiana OCD-DRU Declined SBA Award Policy

The Declined SBA Award Policy is published on Page 52 of the Homeowners Assistance Manual version 3.1. This has been confirmed with DOA as being what Restore.LA.Gov uses to determine if a homeowner will be penalized for not accepting the SBA loan offered.

By Supervisor published 6-28-2018 updated 6-28-2018
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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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LA State is setting construction prices, what happens when market prices rise above Xactimate Economy prices?

For any Scope of Work that has not been issued, OCD-DRU may reflect updated prices based on yearly review of Xactimate prices.

By Writers Pool published 6-19-2018 updated 6-19-2018
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Restore.LA.Gov Solution 3 Reimbursement is determined by the pricing guide published in the Homeowners Manual.

Solution 3 Reimbursement is NOT determined by the number of receipts you have and turn in. According to infoRestore-LA.Org using the State of Louisiana email server mailppa1.swe.la.gov the program reimburses based on the pricing guide for construction.

By Writers Pool published 6-19-2018 updated 6-19-2018
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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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Action Plan Amendment No. 3 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: August 11 to 24, 2017

By Contributor published 6-16-2018 updated 6-17-2018
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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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