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The Road Home Program
(Separate Website)
State website offers homeowners and rental property owners details about the program and tools and resources.
By: Road2la.org
Louisiana Rebuilds Web Site
(Separate Website)
Check out this site, described on its home page as: "LouisianaRebuilds.info was established to be a trusted, online destination for residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing critical information for those who have returned home as well as those who are still displaced."
"Ask Commissioner Donelon" Series: Storm Issues
(Separate Website)
See these articles about insurance and other topics related to storms from Louisiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Donelon.
By: Louisiana Department of Insurance
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
Learn how to avoid a rip-off.
By: Federal Trade Commission
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Spanish / Español
Construction Liens and How to Avoid Them
(Separate Website)
See this informaiton about construction liens and what you can do to avoid them.
By: Louisiana Rebuilds
Disaster Assistance Web Site -- FEMA Announcement
(Separate Website)
See FEMA's information about www.DisasterAssistance.gov, a site where people can go to find out about and register for disaster help from the federal government.
By: FEMA
Disaster Related Fraud Information
(Separate Website)
About price gouging, charity fraud, home repair scams, and more.
By: Louisiana Attorney General
DisasterLegalAid.Org
(Separate Website)
See this site for information and to look for help with disaster legal issues.
By: Legal Services Corp., American Bar Assn., Pro Bono Net
Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.
(Separate Website)
FLAG is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services to family farmers and their rural communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land.
FEMA -- Applicant's Guide to the Individuals & Households Program
(Separate Website)
See this FEMA guide to getting help after a disaster.
By: FEMA
Read this in:
Korean / 한국어
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Spanish / Español
FEMA Utility Subsidy Program FAQs Information about reimbursing public assistance applicants for utilities paid on behalf of evacuees who participated in the Section 403 Interim Sheltering Program.
Free or Low-Cost Rebuilding Help
(Separate Website)
Some organizations offer people free construction material, volunteer labor or other rebuilding help. Here is a list of places that may be able to help people rehabilitate or rebuild damaged or destroyed homes.
By: LouisianaRebuilds.info
Gustav -- New Disaster Recovery Centers
(Separate Website)
See this updated list of Disaster Recovery Centers around the state.
By: Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Homeowners' Property Rights in New Orleans After Katrina
Questions about rebuilding? Eminent Domain? Read this great new resource.
By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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Housing Justice Network
(Separate Website)
HJN focuses on public and subsidized housing, Section 8 assistance, single family housing foreclosures, fair housing, CDBG and HOME programs, the housing programs of the Rural Housing Service, and more
HUD Housing Resources
(Separate Website)
Gateway to HUD legal information and self-help.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Important Information About FEMA Katrina & Rita Notices See this flyer with important information about notices FEMA sent to people to try to get back some or all of the money paid to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)
Important information about Road Home appeals.
(Separate Website)
Government Benefits
Important Road Home Update
Learn more about an announcement from The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) about some Road Home applicants who tried to pursue appeals. According to the announcement, the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Office of Community Development will review cases of people who claim their Road Home appeals were lost in the process. The Road Home applicants must ask for this review. Contact information is on the LRA's web site.
By: Louisiana Recovery Authority
SBA Disaster Loans FAQs
(Separate Website)
How much you can borrow, what's covered, how you can spend the money, paying it back, how to get the loan.
By: Small Business Administration (SBA)
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Small Business Administration (SBA) Hurricane Resources
(Separate Website)
Information and services to help you recover from a disaster.
By: SBA
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