Disaster Recovery

When a natural disaster strikes, the devastation to housing, businesses, and infrastructure can seem overwhelming. Attention quickly turns to rebuilding and focuses on how to plan, coordinate, and deliver services to expedite the recovery. As national housing and community development experts working in many communities across the country, our team has been on the front lines of local disaster recovery efforts for nearly two decades. With this experience, we know how to marshal the people and resources for the effective rebuilding of communities.

TDA offers assistance in recovery planning, technical assistance coordination, and service delivery. TDA understands what it takes to get affected communities back on their feet as quickly as possible while maintaining programmatic integrity and ensuring efficient use of resources.

Recovery Planning

TDA has vast experience in efficiently and effectively conducting needs assessments to determine priority actions following natural disasters. From Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, Sandy, Katrina, and many before to Oklahoma tornadoes and others, TDA assists Public Housing Authorities, municipalities, and federal agencies in organizing their disaster responses in ways that expedite normalization of the housing stock, business activity, and infrastructure.

Analyzing the extent of damage to housing, businesses, and infrastructure
Guiding priority project selection
Matching needs with funding sources and ensuring projects meet financial requirements
Analyzing barriers to action and recommending solutions to overcome them

Technical Assistance

Successful post-disaster recovery necessitates experienced coordination of resources (human and financial) to carry out the work, rigorous oversight of services being rendered on behalf of grantees, and honest evaluation of outcomes and outputs.

We understand the need for the creation of innovative technical assistance tools and programs customized for the priority needs of recovery areas. The TDA team's experience providing technical assistance is extensive and covers every major hurricane disaster recovery effort of the past two decades.

Developing and administering programs for local offices of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Identifying technical assistance providers and assigning recovery roles and responsibilities
Coordinating reporting and evaluation
Developing policies and program frameworks for disaster relief efforts
Creating private recovery funds to leverage federal investment

Service Delivery

Developing and administering programs for local offices of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Identifying technical assistance providers and assigning recovery roles and responsibilities
Coordinating reporting and evaluation
Developing policies and program frameworks for disaster relief efforts
Creating private recovery funds to leverage federal investment