Road Home

July 24, 2008

  • Tax Relief for Louisiana Road Home recipients in Pending Housing Rescue Bill

    By Bruce Alpert
    Tee Times-Picayune
    WASHINGTON — Mortgage help for homeowners nationwide and tax relief for some Louisiana Road Home recipients sailed through the House on Wednesday after President Bush lifted his veto threat.
    The tax relief in the giant housing rescue bill is expected to win Senate approval this week and be signed into law soon.
    The bill [...]

April 3, 2008

  • Road Home Efforts to Recover Overpayments Will Not Create Hardships

    State officials say the Road Home program will not be allowed to go after homeowners for grant overpayments until a government panel reviews each case, and the head of the Louisiana Recovery Authority promised that compassion will be used in any reclaiming of grant money.LRA Executive Director Paul Rainwater sought to assuage fears of Road [...]

March 1, 2008

  • Louisiana Land Trust Board Meeting

    [ March 7, 2008; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The Louisiana Land Trust is a non profit organization formed to manage the properties that have been purchased by the State of Louisiana under the current Road Home Program as part of the ongoing recovery effort from the damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Their website is at www.lalandtrust.org.

February 15, 2008

  • FEMA and State Unify Efforts to Spur Along Recovery

    BATON ROUGE, La. (February 15, 2008) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Louisiana hosted a two-day partnership meeting this week in Baton Rouge to discuss emergency preparedness and recovery issues, goals, objectives and policies among FEMA, the state and local governments.Participants came together to unify efforts and recognize strengths and weaknesses to maximize [...]

February 8, 2008

  • Public Comment on Transfer of Properties to Parishes

    BATON ROUGE, La. (February 8, 2008) - The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) and the Office of Community Development recently published an action plan amendment for public comment, which provides details on the approval process of parish governments' disposition plans for Road Home-acquired properties through the Louisiana Land Trust.When homeowners select Option 2 or Option 3 [...]

January 4, 2008

  • Road Home Homebuyers' Subsidy Hits Snag

    by The Times-Picayune
    Friday January 04, 2008, 1:01 PMBy David Hammer
    An effort to move $75 million out of what was called an "undersubscribed" rental recovery program and into a subsidy to promote homeownership derailed Friday when questions arose as to whether the assistance to landlords had run its course.
    The Louisiana Recovery Authority's housing task force entered [...]

December 15, 2007

  • Thousands of Louisianians Give Thanks

    Letters of thanks to be delivered to leaders in Washington this weekBATON ROUGE, La. (December 12, 2007) - Thousands of Louisianians participated in the "Louisiana Gives Thanks" campaign, signing a letter to President Bush, members of Congress and the American people thanking them for making the state's recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita a national [...]

October 14, 2007

October 13, 2007

October 8, 2007

  • Vitter pans funding for rebuilding N.O. projects

    Vitter pans funding for rebuilding N.O. projects
    New Orleans CityBusiness
    Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
    Senate Bill 1668 would ensure the federal government provides additional funding for Louisiana's Road Home program, which is estimated to have a $3.5-billion shortfall.
    But Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, is raising concerns about provisions in the bill dealing with New Orleans public housing.
    Vitter said [...]

  • LRA Housing Task Force to Meet in New Orleans

    [ October 9, 2007; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] NEW ORLEANS, LA (October 8, 2007) - Tomorrow the Louisiana Recovery Authority's (LRA) Housing Task Force will meet in New Orleans. The task force will hear a presentation from representatives of KPMG International on the scope, goals and status of their analysis of the Road Home program. KPMG is an independent accounting firm that had [...]

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