Events

«August 2010»
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
Citizen's Road Home Action Team (CHAT)
Table of Contents What is CHAT?
What has CHAT Accomplished?
What You Can do to Help/Join CHAT


What is CHAT?Back to Top
CHAT Action Items
CHAT Road Home Survey: Road Home Problems
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hdEchbm8Vl_2bWFDmxi7E_2f7w_3d_3d
CHAT has created an online survey to gather information about the problems homeowners are having with the program - calculation mistakes, money delays, and elevation program issues. This detailed survey will be used as evidence to urge the LRA and ICF to make changes to the program that will benefit homeowners. Whether you have received your grant money or not, please click the link to take this important survey to help CHAT help Louisiana homeowners. more

The Citizens' Road Home Action Team is a group of citizens from New Orleans neighborhoods, advocates ways to make the Road Home program more efficient and fair.

CHAT is all-volunteer and cannot take on individual Road Home Cases, but it does advocate on behalf of all Road Home applicants by collecting stories of the problems applicants are facing and presenting them to the LRA.

*Please read on below and find out how you can help CHAT further its cause and improve the Road Home program.*

Visit CHAT's website here.


CHAT Newsletters - Road Home Updates
/chatupdates
LouisianaRebuilds.info posts CHAT's newsletter here. Find out the latest CHAT accomplishments and action items in these newsletters. Main topics are highlighted, and each newsletter is a .pdf that can be downloaded in full. more

What has CHAT Accomplished?Back to Top
  • CHAT helped to obtain faster rates of closings (distribution of awards) though dialogue with RHP officials and media appearances.
  • CHAT was responsible for getting approval of the right of applicants to dispute the amount of their award while accepting the amount that the RHP offers, avoiding the need to wait for the process to be completed to obtain funding.
  • CHAT convinced the Road Home to publicly post the policies and rules for grant awards.
  • CHAT proposed and convinced the LRA Board to endorse a homeowners' Bill of Road Home Rights.
  • CHAT was a major influence in removing the requirement that the applicant be present during housing site evaluation in cases of homes that are more than 50% damaged.
  • CHAT proposed to federal officials that the SBA be willing to extend its two-year deadline for homeowners on a case by case basis so that delays in homeowners receiving their RHP grants won't result in SBA defaults.
  • CHAT influenced the Road Home to accept homeowner-provided Louisiana certified-licensed appraisals of pre-storm value.
  • CHAT fought for and got the right of applicants to be informed of all Road Home decisions in writing and to be sent in writing the information from their file used to determine homeowners' awards so they can determine if there was an error or reason to appeal.
What You Can do to Help/Join CHATBack to Top
One of the most important tools CHAT uses to advocate on behalf of homeowners for improvements in the Road Home program is a survey designed to obtain feedback from homeowners about their experiences with the program. Click here to take the survey.

Add your support to the cause of homeowners' rights. Sign up to receive the CHAT newsletter here.

© 2010GNOInfo.com All rights reserved. Privacy Statement