The Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program aims to create temporary options closer to home as residents navigate federal aid programs.
Category: COVID-19
Posted inCOVID-19, Immigration, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. Latinx residents on grassroots, policy solutions to the housing crisis
Southerly and Enlace Latino NC hosted a panel with residents and advocates of community-owned mobile home parks.
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Mississippians work to reduce childhood lead exposure as state, feds fail to intervene
Experts say solutions aimed at reducing lead exposure from water need to be educational and environmental. Here’s how to protect your family.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Culture, Public Health, Water
Wild swimming through the South
How wading through water can be an antidote to climate anxiety.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water
A year after Hurricane Laura, southwest Louisiana ‘still in limbo’
As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, multiple disasters in southwest Louisiana during the pandemic show how unequipped disaster aid systems are during compounding events.
Posted inCOVID-19, Housing, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. mobile home park residents forced to uproot their home, lives during eviction crisis
A community of homeowners will soon have to move from the land they’ve leased for decades—with nowhere to go.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Gulf Coast, Justice, Public Health, Water
Toxic floodwaters threatened a Florida jail. Nearly 800 were locked inside.
Many rural jails and prisons face environmental pollution and flooding, but they aren’t often considered in emergency planning.