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	<title>Texas housers &#187; Hurricane Dolly</title>
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		<title>Colonia Resident Worried About Tropical Storm Don</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/30/colonia-resident-worried-about-tropical-storm-don/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Channel Five in McAllen ran a story tonight on a resident of a colonia in Cameron County who was dreading the approach of Tropical Storm Don. The subject of the story lives in Green Valley Farms (not Green Acres as the story claims). It is a colonia that has attracted our attention of late because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=5350&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Texas border housing and community development issues stand after the legislative session</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/17/after-the-legislature-where-texas-border-housing-and-community-development-issues-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disaster recovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Dolly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I spoke to the National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders about developments during the last session of the Texas Legislature that impacted colonias. These are my prepared remarks. The situation faced by those of us who work on affordable housing and community development issues along the Texas Mexico border can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=5253&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;new sheriff&#8221; takes over Texas disaster recovery</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/06/a-new-sheriff-takes-over-texas-disaster-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo: Texas General Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, from Texas Tribune) Readers will recall Governor Perry passed responsibility for the Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Dolly disaster recovery programs to Texas General Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson effective July 1. This afternoon I met with Gary Hagood, Deputy Commissioner of GLO and the new man responsible for overseeing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=5100&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I woke last night to the sound of thunder</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/06/23/i-woke-last-night-to-the-sound-of-thunder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kjewell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As other parts of the state literally burn and the Governor calls on Texans to implement a critical part of his disaster response program, prayer for rain, here in the Valley rain clouds are rolling in.  As I’ve been writing this post, the lights in my downtown Edinburg office have gone out, interrupting my work.  The city streets flood terribly with even ordinary rainstorms like today’s, but colonias have it much worse.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=4825&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Perry switches agencies responsible for disaster recovery funds</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/06/20/governor-perry-switches-agencies-responsible-for-disaster-recovery-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2011/06/20/governor-perry-switches-agencies-responsible-for-disaster-recovery-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shakeups in the State&#8217;s troubled disaster recovery program continue. In the wake of the virtual elimination of the Governor&#8217;s designated lead agency for disaster recovery, the Texas Department of Rural Affairs and a veto of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, the Governor has informed HUD of his intention to change lead disaster [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=4812&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Governor Perry&#8217;s veto of Texas Department of Housing</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/06/19/analysis-governor-perrys-veto-of-texas-department-of-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the &#8220;Sunset Bill&#8221; for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that would continue the agency in operation for 12 more years. Without passage of the Sunset Bill the state housing agency will wind down operations and cease to exist. The Governor says he vetoed the bill because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=4718&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times praises State of Texas/TxLIHIS disaster recovery settlement</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/06/14/new-york-times-praises-state-of-texastxlihis-disaster-recovery-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times published this editorial Monday about our settlement with the State of Texas. Editorial HUD Steps Up in Texas Published: June 13, 2010 Washington too often looks the other way as state governments rob low-income victims of their fair share of federal disaster aid. The Department of Housing and Urban Development did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=3184&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statement on our Fair Housing settlement with the State of Texas</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/05/25/statement-on-the-fair-housing-settlement-with-the-state-of-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUD ACCEPTS $1.7 BILLION REVISED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN PRIORITIZING REBUILDING HOMES OF SURVIVORS An historic agreement between affordable housing advocates, HUD and the State of Texas redirects hundreds of millions in federal disaster recovery funds to benefit low-income survivors and devastated communities while ensuring fair housing opportunities. Austin, TX – In an historic victory for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=3140&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The TxLIHIS / TX Appleseed / State of Texas fair housing settlement agreement</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/05/25/the-txlihis-tx-appleseed-state-of-texas-fair-housing-settlement-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The settlement agreement can be viewed as a PDF document on the HUD website: http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-106/conciliationagreement.pdf Tagged: Fair housing, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=3138&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD announces approval of TxLIHIS &#8211; Texas Appleseed &#8211; State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/05/25/hud-announces-approval-of-txlihis-texas-appleseed-state-of-texas-fair-housing-settlement-on-hurricane-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUD has issued an announcement of their approval of  of the settlement agreement to the TxLIHIS/Texas Appleseed  fair housing complaint against the State of Texas. HUD APPLAUDS REVISED $1.7 BILLION TEXAS DISASTER PLAN Proposed plan targets more funding to high-need areas and housing activities WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today applauded a revised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=3136&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Texas plan directs rebuilding money away from those in need</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/01/11/the-texas-plan-directs-rebuilding-money-away-from-those-in-need/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is really no other way to characterize the plan Governor Perry submitted to HUD to spend $1.7 billion in federal disaster recovery funds. The Texas plan is to take money away from those suffering and in need to give to those not in need &#8211; reverse Robin Hood. HUD&#8217;s research, summarized in the map [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2777&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD pushes Governor to redirect hurricane rebuilding funds to hurricane impacted counties</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2010/01/11/hud-pushes-governor-to-redirect-hurricane-rebuilding-funds-to-hurricane-impacted-counties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things did not slow down during the holidays over the shape of Hurricane Ike and Dolly rebuilding programs in Texas, but my blogging did. This update recounts what has been happening. The concerns we have been raising for the past two years came to a head as the State of Texas moved to request an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2767&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What the State of Texas must do to fix the Hurricane rebuilding plan (and what we plan to do to make sure it does)</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/11/23/what-the-state-of-texas-must-do-to-fix-the-hurricane-rebuilding-plan-and-what-we-plan-to-do-to-make-sure-it-does/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have asked me what we want from the Texas CDBG Disaster Rebuilding Plan that we have criticized and that HUD has asked the Governor to revise. The complete answer lies in the extensive comments that we have submitted on repeated occasions to the State of Texas and in our complaints to HUD. Here is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2663&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD Rejects State of Texas CDBG Disaster Recovery Plan</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/11/16/hud-rejects-state-of-texas-cdbg-disaster-recovery-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/11/16/hud-rejects-state-of-texas-cdbg-disaster-recovery-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUD has rejected the State of Texas Plan to spend $1.7 billion in CDBG disaster recovery funds for Hurricane Dolly and Ike recovery. In rejecting the plan HUD mirrors concerning that we have expressed over the past months. We applaud HUD&#8217;s decision. More analysis will follow. Read HUD&#8217;s letter to Governor Perry rejecting the Texas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2617&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD should reject the State of Texas plan to misspend $3 billion in CDBG disaster recovery funds</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/25/hud-should-reject-the-state-of-texas-plan-to-misspend-3-billion-in-cdbg-disaster-recovery-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Texas is required to submit a plan amendment to HUD by September 30 outlining its final plan for spending the $3 billion in CDBG funds earmarked for Texas for disaster recovery from hurricanes Ike and Katrina. The state&#8217;s long road to producing this plan has been plagued by false starts and reversals. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2516&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Governor orders $1.3B Hurricane recovery plan changed but fails to fix the problem</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/16/governor-orders-1-3b-hurricane-recovery-plan-changed-but-fails-to-fix-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly the ill-conceived &#8220;weather report plan&#8221; proposed by ORCA to divide up the federal disaster recovery dollars in Texas attracted such a firestorm of opposition that Governor Perry ordered it changed today. The weather report plan allocated funds based on wind and rain rather than damages incurred and allowed ORCA staff to shift funds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2499&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How much housing money is needed for Ike/Dolly rebuilding?</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/10/how-much-housing-money-is-needed-for-ikedolly-rebuilding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ORCA has proposed to allocate the remaining $1.3 billion of the $3,057,991,440 in Ike/Dolly CDBG rebuilding funds based on a model of how much wind, storm surge and rain fell in a place rather than the amount of damage the area suffered. This is clearly wrong, a fact that most people now acknowledge. There is another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2490&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony describes absurdity of Texas hurricane disaster fund allocation plan</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/06/testimony-describes-absurdity-of-texas-hurricane-disaster-fund-allocation-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Higgs, organizer for Gulf Coast Interfaith, laid out clearly the problems with the proposed State of Texas plan to spend $1.3 billion in federal Hurricane Ike and Dolly CDBG rebuilding funds. His testimony was presented at the board meeting of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs on September 3, 2009. Here is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2468&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey on the politics of hurricane rebuilding</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/06/houston-chronicle-columnist-rick-casey-on-the-politics-of-hurricane-rebuilding/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/09/06/houston-chronicle-columnist-rick-casey-on-the-politics-of-hurricane-rebuilding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his column today Houston Chronicle featured columnist Rick Casey speculates about why Governor Perry is allowing the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) to so badly misallocate federal hurricane disaster rebuilding funds. Casey correctly describes ORCA&#8217;s bizarre plan to allocate $1.3 billion in disaster recovery funds not on the basis of the damage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2466&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal court orders FEMA to reconsider denial of home repairs to Hurricane Dolly survivors</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/08/10/federal-court-orders-fema-to-reconsider-denial-of-home-repairs-to-hurricane-dolly-survivors/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/08/10/federal-court-orders-fema-to-reconsider-denial-of-home-repairs-to-hurricane-dolly-survivors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for the low income Hurricane Dolly survivors who were denied home repairs by FEMA! The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Brownsville Division issued a ruling on August 6 in the case of La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Plaintiffs brought suit in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2410&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Perry&#8217;s disaster rebuilding plan is the latest disaster to strike Texas</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/08/08/governor-perrys-disaster-rebuilding-plan-is-the-latest-disaster-to-shrike-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We share the state auditor&#8217;s concerns in a report just released about the unacceptable length of time it takes the councils of governments (COGs) and the state agencies (ORCA and TDHCA) to deliver hurricane assistance to Texas families and communities. The state auditor&#8217;s report examined the COGs&#8217; and state agencies&#8217; performance in managing roughly half a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2398&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting closer to finding out why so many Texas hurricane survivors were denied housing assistance</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/06/17/getting-closer-to-finding-out-why-so-many-texas-hurricane-survivors-were-denied-housing-assistance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pieces are slowly coming together to answer the question, why were so many applications for FEMA housing assistance in the wake of Hurricane Ike denied by FEMA? While more than 82,000 households affected by Ike have received almost $371 million in FEMA funds for repairs, more than 730,000 families requested help from FEMA, meaning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=2074&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TX Legislature seeks better homes, faster repairs for hurricane survivors</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/06/13/tx-legislature-seeks-better-homes-faster-repairs-for-hurricane-survivors/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/06/13/tx-legislature-seeks-better-homes-faster-repairs-for-hurricane-survivors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost a year since Hurricane Ike’s and Hurricane Dolly’s floodwaters rose above streets, and above doors and windows, destroying countless Texas homes and affecting the lives of an estimated one million Texans. Today, far too many homes still remain in need of repair. Amid the destruction, the agony of families, and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1949&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas will be forced to ration hurricane home repair grants</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/01/07/texas-will-be-forced-to-ration-hurricane-home-repair-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas should allocate the limited disaster funds so that they take care of the housing needs of Hurricane Ike/Dolly survivors as the State&#8217;s top priority and relegate funding for government programs to a lower priority. Families&#8217; recovery should come first and government second. If even after making housing the State&#8217;s top funding priority, not enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1704&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas official in charge of disaster assistance refuses to state housing needs will be funded</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/16/texas-official-in-charge-of-disaster-assistance-refuses-to-state-housing-needs-will-be-funded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I predicted the process for allocating funds set out in the draft ORCA Hurricane Ike/Dolly Disaster Plan will result in a gross underfunding of the housing needs of hurricane survivors. Now we have proof that this is indeed a real possibility from the testimony of none other than the executive director of the state agency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1533&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Put an end to FEMA trailers by moving people quickly into permanent housing</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/15/put-an-end-to-the-fema-trailer-by-moving-directly-to-permanent-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/15/put-an-end-to-the-fema-trailer-by-moving-directly-to-permanent-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She says it far better than I can. We shot this interview with a woman whose home suffered major damage from Hurricane Rita. She describes the type of problems thousands of low income Texas families have encountered trying to get their homes repaired working with FEMA. [BTW - her house is still not repaired today, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1498&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas disaster recovery plan is based on bad data and faulty assumptions</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/08/texas-disaster-recovery-plan-is-based-on-bad-data-and-faulty-assumptions/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/08/texas-disaster-recovery-plan-is-based-on-bad-data-and-faulty-assumptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I continue the analysis begun yesterday of the draft plan developed by the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) for spending $1.3 billion in federal CDBG funds set aside to help Texans recover from Hurricanes Dolly and Ike. Yesterday I described how the ORCA plan proposed to turn over all the funds to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1456&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas disaster plan &#8211; an ill conceived pork barrel</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/07/texas-disaster-plan-a-pork-barrel-for-local-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2008/12/07/texas-disaster-plan-a-pork-barrel-for-local-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas&#8217; just released plan for $1.3 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant funds for Hurricanes Dolly and Ike fails to provide the type of plan required by federal law. The plan proposes an arbitrary, pork barrel style allocation of disaster recovery funds that will leave the critical housing needs of Texas families unmet. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1411&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reforming FEMA alone won&#8217;t fix the problem</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/11/26/reforming-fema-alone-wont-fix-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2008/11/26/reforming-fema-alone-wont-fix-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are hopes that a structural reform and management reorganization of FEMA under the Obama Administration will solve the problems that emerged in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Dolly and Ike.  There is a lot of important work to be done with reforming FEMA but even a perfect emergency management agency won&#8217;t provide the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stories of eleven Texas families document FEMA&#8217;s illegal and systemic discrimination against the poor</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/11/20/eleven-texas-families-stories-document-femas-illegal-and-systemic-discrimination-against-the-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become abundantly clear that FEMA does not treat low-income disaster survivors right. Consider the stories included in a lawsuit filed against FEMA in Federal District Court in Brownsville today by attorneys with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid (TRLA). The lawsuit cites the tragic stories of eleven low-income hurricane survivor households denied assistance by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&amp;blog=3400119&amp;post=1346&amp;subd=txlihis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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