Issues relative to residents of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita, focusing on the goals, costs, management and impediments facing Louisiana's Road Home Program

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
   Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
342 Dirksen

05/24/2007 at 03:00PM

Subcommittee hearing.

Witnesses:

  • Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Andrew D. Kopplin, Executive Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority
  • Walter Thomas, Resident, Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Connie Uddo, Director, St. Paul’s Homecoming Center/Beacon of Hope Resource Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Debbie Gordon, President, Chimney Wood Homeowners’ Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Frank A. Silvestri, Co-Chairman, Citizens’ Road Home Action Team (CHAT), New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Frank A. Trapani, President, New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Nelson R. Bregon, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Disaster Policy and Response, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • David I. Maurstad, Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Susan Elkins, Executive Director, Office of Community Development, State of Louisiana
  • Isabel Reiff, Senior Vice President, ICF International, Inc., and Chief Program Executive, Louisiana Road Home Program