Housing and Natural Disasters Discussions (18)

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Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 The national flood insurance program is set to expire at the end of this month (which featured heavy flooding in my neck of the woods -- ho… Started by Laura Williams	0	Sep 15, 2011
New NCHH Resource on Cleanup of Flooded Homes In partnership with Enterprise Community Partners and NeighborWorks America, the National Center for Healthy Housing has re-released a guid… Started by Rebecca Cohen	0	Aug 29, 2011
NOAA's National Weather Service taking action to build a 'Weather-ready' nation "NOAA is launching a comprehensive initiative to build a “Weather-ready” nation to make America safer by saving more lives and protecting l… Started by Laura Williams	0	Aug 17, 2011
Disaster Recovery Blog If you haven't already connected with the Recovery News blog we created at APA, as a companion to our current FEMA-funded project to rewrit… Started by James C. Schwab	0	Jul 22, 2011
Workshop on Planning for Flood Resilient Communities For anyone interested, here is a one-day workshop that the American Planning Association is doing in Chicago in August: http://www.planning… Started by Zachary Patton	1	Jul 22, 2011 Reply by James C. Schwab
Forum on Mitigating Earthquake Damages to Homes - May 2-3 in San Francisco The RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation will be holding the Seismic Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum on May 2-3 in San Francisco. Much o… Started by Center for Housing Policy staff	0	Mar 17, 2011
Post-Disaster Housing Needs The American Planning Association's Hazards Planning Research Center launched work in October 2010 on a new three-year cooperative agreemen… Started by James C. Schwab	1	Jan 28, 2011 Reply by James C. Schwab
$5,000 Could Save Your Home In 2008, the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) created a state-of-the-art research center to test different home construction… Started by Ryan Sherriff	0	Oct 22, 2010
Funding Disaster Mitigation for Lower Income Households A recent post on the National Housing Conference's Open House blog highlights the limitations of federal and state programs in funding disa… Started by Center for Housing Policy staff	1	Oct 8, 2010 Reply by Eli Lehrer
August 13 Session on Disaster-Resistant Housing at the Congressional Black Caucus Institute's Mississippi Policy Conference There will be a session on Friday, August 13 focusing on home and community disaster mitigation at the Congressional Black Caucus Institute… Started by HousingPolicy.org team	0	Aug 5, 2010