Community Development - City, Town, County, Parish, Disaster Recovery.
Community Development might not seem like much. But once your Community Development department in your local city, town, county, parish level gets hold of some serious federal grant money
If you need a quote for a new manufactured home for the Louisiana Restore program send a note with your old VIN number and your status in the program. All we can do is help you get the quotes for the MHU you are looking to replace. Contact me
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
During disasters you may find yourself in financial hardship due to the loss of income during the disaster period or you are paying for secondary housing while your primary location is being repaired.
By Murray Wennerlund published 10-5-2022 updated 10-5-2022
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This list identifies the most common housing assistance programs in the state of Louisiana. Other states will have the same federally funded programs with similar organizations. Be sure to check the HUD Exchange website for your state.
State of Louisiana OCD-DRU Directors Response to unfair policy enforcement: "...completely incorrect information and statements not based in current law or policy...". The letter that the state sent to flood victims is below. You have 30 days to comply.
When you are navigating the federal disaster assistance agencies your first stop should be to the TruckAndTools.Com Disaster Resources. Every disaster agency uses the same process but not every disaster agency follows strict policy and guidance. Don't go into your disaster recovery with blind trust of your federal and state agencies that are leading the push to get you sheltered and out of the program.
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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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.
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How Louisiana makes its "Get a Game Plan" nearly impossible for the people living in the state to understand where to get disaster recovery assistance. With every new storm, new websites are created and now they are creating compartmental websites.
For some households, the information I provide helps them get back in their homes. Others I've had a hand in helping them recovery from some of their disaster debt burden. In any case, when you use the information I provide and it's helpful and makes you more successful with your disaster rebuild or new construction then feel free to contribute what you can and when you can. It helps with the hours of unpaid research and reading.
Disaster Recovery seems to be more of a knee jerk reactionary response by representatives more than what is promoted in the Get a Game Plan material. Imagine if leadership would approach disaster preparation like a general would preparing for war.