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HUD, FEMA Extend Disaster Housing Assistance Program In Louisiana And Texas For Gustav And Ike
Mon, 17 May 2010 12:22:48 -0500
WASHINGTON,D.C. -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced today a second extension to the Disaster Housing Assistance Program-Ike (DHAP-Ike), giving families who were displaced by Hurricanes Ike and Gustav more time to transition to long-term housing solutions. This extension increases the total length of the program to two years for eligible families.
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Louisiana Disaster History (Shows Current Active)
http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters_state.fema?id=22
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Abstract Report gives details to frustrations & bureaucratic process:
Katrina/Rita/Gustav/Ike
April 13, 2010
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/04/Federalizing-Disasters-Weakens-FEMA-and-Hurts-Americans-Hit-by-Catastrophes
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Conclusion
Astounding as it may seem, Louisiana has only completed about one-quarter of the construction work to restore the public facilities damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. There remains approximately $4 billion in eligible work that has to be captured in PWs to allow the remaining construction to continue. Few of the repairs to restore facilities damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have even begun.
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