This article says more than most since hurricane Katrina. Its important to understand what happened with the HUD Grants during that period time and what HUD required states to do today. A simply fix has always been to allow for more draws than the 5 max.

By Contributor published 12-13-2022 updated 12-13-2022
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Its becoming more and more a problem for federal agencies, state departments and local municipalities to settle on a standard for elevating your home in known flood zones and potential flood zones.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-6-2022 updated 12-6-2022
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A goal for every homeowner should be to reduce your disaster debt burden for real costs of repairs and new construction after a declared disaster. This can be accomplished by having enough insurance to replace your home under any disaster classification.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-4-2022 updated 12-4-2022
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From 700,000 to 2.4 million and they pick and choose what public communications they want to address. It pays well to not complete a task or contract with the state of Louisiana OCD-DRU under the direction of Patrick Forbes.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU sent out notices to Solution 2 Homeowners who are constructing new homes to replace their substantially damaged homes from the 2016 floods that their may not be enough funds to honor the grant agreement.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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Your disaster recovery success often depends on the quality of information provided by your state workers or sub-contractors. In Louisiana we find most of the people assisting homeowners do not provide information until directly asked for information.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-31-2022 updated 11-1-2022
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Most Impacted Disaster MID areas are to see major relief for those living in manufactured homes during the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-20-2022 updated 8-24-2022
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When federal funds for disaster relief are introduced into your state executive branch agencies for distribution to the states citizenry based on the states policy and procedure for eligibility and the states interpretation of federal agency policy.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-4-2022 updated 8-12-2022
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Each year new disasters offer the opportunity for politicians to create new bills that do little more than pump tax dollars into the same dysfunctional programs we have had since 1954.

By Murray Wennerlund published 1-15-2022 updated 2-14-2022
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If you build a safe, hostile free work environment you will find workers are more willing to return to work than to remain on Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation assistance. Too many studies show those willing to work will work.

By Murray Wennerlund published 5-11-2021 updated 5-11-2021
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