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Officials acknowledged that the affordable housing crisis has played a significant role in keeping people from getting back on their feet after Hurricane Ida.

As Hurricane Ida recovery continues to move at a slow pace, state officials have sent yet another appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend the temporary housing program into 2024 and keep rent on temporary housing low for residents.

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered: a reminder about Let Louisiana Shine. Also, we’re easing into the peak of hurricane season, so we’ll hear from NOHSEP about staying prepared.

FEMA isn’t expected to start taking applications for temporary shelters from the thousands of Hurricane Ida victims who lost homes until mid-November, so state officials are getting the ball rolling with a first-of-its-kind sheltering program.

As the start hurricane season nears and officials make their preparations, their plans are complicated by extremely unusual circumstances: the COVID-19…

State officials say they are ready for whatever the weather might throw at them this hurricane season.Kevin Davis, director of the Governor's Office of…