Deemed Ineligible
Reasons Homeowners in Puerto Rico Were Denied Aid After Hurricane María
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21633731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivis García (0000-0003-4184-2514, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14-34 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Policy Debate (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-1482 • E-ISSN: 2152-050X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10511482.2021.1890633 |
| OpenAlex | W3156369476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 32 |
In Puerto Rico, after Hurricane María, about 60% of all applications received by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP) were declared ineligible. Why would such a large number of households in Puerto Rico have been unable to obtain assistance from FEMA? To answer this question, interviews with 10 disaster survivors and 15 stakeholders were conducted. The author found that individuals were denied based on their inability to prove homeownership, no contact for inspection, and duplicate application, among other reasons. The article offers recommendations for how nonprofit groups can participate in postdisaster recovery efforts as well as how to advocate at the local and federal level for disaster victims effectively
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Natural disaster · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Public Administration
Navigating property formalization in post-disaster recovery
Disastrous Burdens
Displaced Trust
Identifying misalignments between the informal construction sector's perceptions and engineering assessments of housing safety in future disasters for capacity development
Potential for mitigating hurricane wind impact on informally-constructed homes in Puerto Rico under current and future climate scenarios
“Have a kit, make a plan, and be informed”
Evaluating the interaction effects of housing vulnerability and socioeconomic vulnerability on self-perceptions of psychological resilience in Puerto Rico
Barriers to Postdisaster Housing Reconstruction
The Most Vulnerable to Housing Rebuilding after Hurricane Maria
A Perfect Storm? Disasters and Evictions
Who Gets Emergency Housing Relief? An Analysis of Fema Individual Assistance Data After Hurricane María
A content analysis of social media discourse during Hurricane María
Bomba planning and the pursuit of a just recovery
Addressing low-income household sheltering needs after a disaster
Modeling Hurricane Vulnerability in a Large Coastal City Using Bayesian Gaussian Spatial Regression
From Strangers to Neighbors
Modernizing Puerto Rico's Housing Sector Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Participatory Journalism
Population Evacuation
Poverty and Disasters in the United States
“Like a Fish Out of Water”
Strong Democracy
All Talk No Walk
I Felt Safe”
Community participation as a tool for conservation planning and historic preservation
Digging deeper
Beyond Recruitment
Community Businesses as Social Units in Post-Disaster Recovery
Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been
Car ownership and welfare‐to‐work
Disaster Vulnerabilities
Evicted. Poverty and profit in the American city
Vulnerability of Renters and Low-Income Households to Storm Damage
Exploring the Environmental Justice Implications of Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Greater Houston, Texas
Community leadership development education
Strategies of Heirship
| Citations per year | 3.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |