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Important Road Home Appeals and Elevation Information from Citizens Road Home Action Team

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Important Road Home Appeals and Elevation Information from Citizens Road Home Action Team
CHAT (Citizens Road Home Action Team) has obtained the following important information from Road Home officials as of the second week of February:

ROAD HOME APPEALS PROCESS
The LRA has just agreed to CHATs request to reopen appeals for applicants who believe their Road Home appeal was lost in the shuffle or that they were never able to exercise their right to appeal because their case was stuck in Dispute Resolution.
(Read article here)

The LRA and OCD will review these cases to ensure that homeowners received due process under the Road Home and that cases did not fall through the cracks.

For your case to be considered, you can do one of three things:

Email info@louisianarecoveryauthority.org with "Road Home Appeal" in the subject line
Call (225) 342-1700 to find out how to request an appeal
Mail a letter to:
Louisiana Recovery Authority
ATTN: Ty Larkins
150 Third Street, Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA, 70801
(certified mail is best; save the receipt)

HMGP ELEVATION GRANTS
For applicants who received forms to apply for HMGP elevation grants, you can still send in those forms or request another copy if you did not send it yet.
(Read article here)
If you are demolishing your house and building a new one, your HMGP elevation grant of up to $30,000 is determined by total allowable costs for construction and elevation minus total Road Home grant, FEMA structural damage funds, insurance benefits, and ICC money.
If you are elevating and repairing your house, your HMGP elevation grant of up to $30,000 is determined by total allowable costs for elevation minus Road Home elevation grant and ICC money.
For details and to determine your HMGP eligibility to start rebuilding, contact 1-877-744-7235 or 1-225-339-3746 or hazardmitigation@la.gov.

*Save all building plans, permits, receipts, and other proof of payment of costs to be reimbursed by an HMGP elevation grant, should you be eligible.

CHAT is a group of citizens from New Orleans neighborhoods that advocates ways to make the Road Home program more efficient and fair. Find out more information at www.chatushome.com

NEXT CHAT MEETING: Wed., Feb. 18. Newcomers are welcome
Place: Room 179, UNO Milneburg Hall, Building #24, on Milneburg Rd. (the road where the brand new dorms are, past the stop sign and the University Center and opposite the Fitness Center).
Directions (.pdf)


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