NLIHC hosted a national HoUSed campaign call on August 12. Noah Patton and Meghan Mertyris of NLIHC's Disaster Housing Recovery, Resilience, and Research initiative led a discussion about federal responses to the housing needs of disaster survivors and the reforms necessary for fixing our broken disaster recovery system. Whitney Bailey, a disaster response attorney with AppalReD Legal Aid, provided an overview of the impacts of disasters on housing stability for the lowest-income renters. Andreanecia Morris, executive director of Housing Louisiana, discussed grassroots disaster housing recovery efforts. We also received disaster housing policy updates and learned about next steps. A recording of the call, as well as the presentation slides, are now available. The next national HoUSed campaign call will be held on September 9 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm ET.
Resources discussed on the 8/12 call:
- Impacts of Disasters on Housing Stability – Whitney Bailey, AppalReD Legal Aid
- Grassroots Disaster Recovery Efforts – Andreanecia Morris, HousingLOUISIANA
- Learn more about HousingLOUISIANA
- Policy Solutions and Next Steps – Noah Patton and Meghan Mertyris, NLIHC
- Support the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act (S.1686, H.R.5940). Sign on to our national support letter for the bill!
- Oppose attacks on the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act. Call or email your representatives on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to urge them to oppose H.R.1605!
- Learn more about NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery, Research, and Resilience.
- Become a member of the DHRC: https://p2a.co/8py3cbz