Legislation just passed the U.S. House of Representatives that will provide recovery assistance to the remaining 2016 Flood victims deemed ineligible by federal bureaucrats. For years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) refused to provide financial assistance to disaster victims that were previously approved for a disaster recovery loan – calling it double recovery. Graves fought back on the concept that a loan and a grant could be considered duplicative. In 2018, he passed the Duplication of Benefits (DoB) fix releasing hundreds of millions of dollars for 2016 Flood victims through the Restore Louisiana program to rebuild their homes and lives. Federal bureaucrats at HUD invented a flawed interpretation of the law that prevented some flood victims with a household income in excess of $60,000/year from receiving recovery aid. Graves’ new provision would block arbitrary restrictions and release remaining funds to flood victims.
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