HUD reduces rental assistance to Katrina survivors
October 15, 2007
Dr. Calvin Mackie responded on behalf of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) late last week regarding the announcement by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to begin reducing the level of rental assistance that will be provided to hurricane victims through the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP).
An excerpt:
While the Road Home is expected to deliver more than 90,000 grants to Louisiana homeowners by the end of the year and our programs to restore more than 30,000 rental units are in full swing, the bottom line is that not all of these units will be available before March, and we are still experiencing a severe housing shortage at every level.
When you have “severe housing shortages,” bad things happen: people get sick, crime increases, kids are left homeless and hungry. I thought Republicans were the party with the moral high ground; this sure doesn’t help promote families.
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This has gotten ridiculous…..why aren’t we still supporting everyone from the dust bowl?? Is it supposed to be going on forever or are they expected to get a job and support themselves at some time??? The disaster is over with….move on!!! Relocate, be a man (or woman)!!
Try survive a hurricane or two, being displaced from your home, loose everything (including your sanity). I’ll listen to your comment then. It is always easier said if you’ve never experience it yourself. As a social worker i’m working hard everyday helping these people getting back on their own two feet. There might be a few individuals who is taking advantage of the system but there are many more who are god honest people, struggling every day just to make ends meet. Its not like these people choose to be where they are, ended up being homeless, broke, pathetic and despised. I have a client who worked two jobs to pay his bills, go to school full time to earn his degree and work another job for free to earn experience for this chosen career. He is depended greatly on the assistance provided by the program because without it he would be homeless, becoming a sad and pathetic addict, or dead in a ditch somewhere. For most of my client, its not that they don’t want to be better but was never given a chance by people who think that they should just pick themselves up by their boot strap and “be a man/woman” and tought it out. Sometimes people also forget that there are also small depended children involved in the already complicated equation. Basically what i’m saying is, there are always more than that things seems (many many more). It is hypocrites to judge and condemn before actually experience or having knowledge of the situation.