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

Louisiana Appendix 1 Public Comments Action Plan 1 master action plan for recovery from Great Floods 2016

This Action Plan was posted for public comment on February 1, 2017. The plan was posted online in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Public notices were published in eight newspapers, including The Advocate, the states journal of record, a press release.

By Contributor published 6-15-2018 updated 6-15-2018
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Louisiana Homeowners Restore LA Solution 1 State offers Turnkey Contractor Solution

The state of Louisiana Office of Community Development hired IEM Inc. to manage the repair and reconstruction program for our flood damaged homes. The state trusts IEM, now our Louisiana neighbors can assure the contract and trust is never broken.

By Supervisor published 5-30-2018 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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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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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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Coronavirus DUA PUA Unemployment Insurance Information Provided by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Coronavirus COVID-19 Disaster and Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Information Provided by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

By Contributor published 5-1-2020 updated 1-11-2022
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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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2019 Budget Review for Restore Louisiana Homeowners Program SBA DOB Repayment program

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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Louisiana State and Local Level Assistance Referral agencies for the 2020 disaster recovery experience.

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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