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Divided-Tenure, Divided Recovery: How Policy and Land Tenure Shape Disaster Recovery for Mobile Homeowners

People who live in mobile homes have heightened vulnerability to disasters, due in part to mobile homes increasingly occupying high-hazard risk lands and the precarious ownership status known as divided-tenure. Divided-tenure is when an individual owns a mobile home and rents the land underneath. To identify the challenges associated with divided-tenure and disaster recovery from a policy perspective, this study analyzed the content of key HUD policies and performed a comparative policy analysis of purchase opportunity laws (requirements of landowners to give mobile homeowners an opportunity to purchase the property their home resides on) in three states: California, Florida, and New York. Content analysis indicated few direct references to mobile homes. Inconsistencies and confusing messaging were found in the existing federal guidance. The lack of consistent terminology and guidance on addressing divided-tenure, limits mobile homeowner's options for disaster recovery, including eligibility for federal disaster aid and potentially participation in relocation or buyout programs. The three selected states' purchase opportunity laws reviewed in this study were rated as weak. Policies lacked alignment with federal documents and opportunities for mobile homeowners were difficult to navigate. A pathway to land ownership could give mobile homeowners more control over their disaster recovery options, but …
Date: August 2021
Creator: Warren, Robyn (Robyn C.)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Katy Allred and Emily Kitchens at Disney World]

Photograph of Katy Allred (left) and her wife Emily Kitchens wearing face masks and posing in front of a model ship in the Star Wars area of Disney World.
Date: August 30, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hurricane Dorian Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Hurricane Dorian which is the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 3,000,553 Tweets and 84,216 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2019-08-25/2019-09-14
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 2. Spanish Explorations captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 2. Spanish Explorations

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Aztecs and Cortes, (2) The Debacle of Cabeza de Vaca, (3) Coronado's Expedition, (4) De Soto's Expedition, (5) Transforming and Abandoning Texas.
Date: 2018-08-24T09:52:13/2018-08-24T10:43:10
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 2. Spanish Explorations (ASL Interpretation) captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 2. Spanish Explorations (ASL Interpretation)

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Aztecs and Cortes, (2) The Debacle of Cabeza de Vaca, (3) Coronado's Expedition, (4) De Soto's Expedition, (5) Transforming and Abandoning Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T09:52:13/2018-08-24T10:43:10
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Climate Change Means for Florida (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Florida

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Florida.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Florida (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Florida

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Florida.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Everglades Restoration and the River of Grass Land Acquisition (open access)

Everglades Restoration and the River of Grass Land Acquisition

This report provides an overview of the everglades restoration and the river of grass land acquisition.
Date: August 25, 2010
Creator: Stern, Charles V.; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Jurenas, Remy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Female Pilots Honored for WWII Service (open access)

Female Pilots Honored for WWII Service

Article printed from www.military.com/news, written by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, describing the experiences of three Women Airforce Service Pilots: Ruth Shafer Fleisher, Frances Rohrer Sargent, and Helen Wyatt Snapp--at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in South Florida. It describes their role in military and women's history, their history and love for aviation, and their current marital statuses.
Date: August 30, 2009
Creator: McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Aftermath] captions transcript

[News Clip: Aftermath]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the aftermath of storms and hurricane in Florida.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricane] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricane]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about storms and hurricanes in Miami, Florida.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricanes] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricanes]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the hurricane in Miami, Florida.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hurricanes] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hurricanes]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about hurricanes in Florida.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Storm] captions transcript

[News Clip: Storm]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about storms in Miami, Florida.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting Miami- Dade Community Delegation dated 18 June 2004 (open access)

Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting Miami- Dade Community Delegation dated 18 June 2004

Remove restriction header and footer - Mr. H. T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environment (ASN (BE)), met with members of the Miami-Dade community delegation, including Katy Sorenson, Vice Chair, Board of County Commissioners, County Commissioner, District 8; Juan Carlos Bermudez, Mayor, City of Doral; Theodore H. Bornstein, and Jeffrey S. Newman, Foley & Lardner, LLP; and Captain James A. Noel, USMC, IAT Recorder at 0900 in Room 4B552 at the Pentagon on 16 June 2004.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with Jacksonville, Florida Communuty Delegation (open access)

Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with Jacksonville, Florida Communuty Delegation

LtGen Richard L. Kelly, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (I&L), met with members of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, including Jim Overton, Office of the Property Appraiser, Jacksonville, Fl; Lad Daniels, President Jacksonville City Council; John H. Haley, Vice President, Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce; Steve Kaufman, Public Relations, President, Jacksonville Navy League; Gary Brose, SAIC (Business Development); Dan McCarthy, City of Jacksonville, Herschel Vinyard, Atlantic Marine; Joe 07Conor, Earl Industries; Kellie Vo Kilberg, Clay County Chamber; Jacquelyn Smith, District Director, Congressman Ander Crenshaw; Mary Alice Phelan, St Vincent's Health System; Gary Donoher, AD&D Inc.; and Leigh Bradley of Holland & Knight LLP on 11 February 2004, at 1445 in Suite 6600, NCl. Captain James A. Noel, USMC, IAT Recorder, was also present. The delegation indicated that they had also met with RADM Chris Weaver, USN, Commander Navy Installations and Ms.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with Jacksonville, Florida Delegation 15 February 2005 (open access)

Department of the Navy - Memorandum for the Record - Infrastructure Analysis Team Meeting with Jacksonville, Florida Delegation 15 February 2005

Disregard restriction header and footer - Mr. Wayne Arny, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environment (ASN (I&E)), met with Ms. Tilly Fowler, former Congresswoman (R-FL), Mr. John Peyton, Mayor, Jacksonville, FL, and Mr. Dan McCarthy, Director of Military Affairs for the City of Jacksonville in room 4D573 at the Pentagon at 1145 on 15 February 2005. In addition, Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (IS&A) was also present.
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence - Letter from John Gallagher to Commission Staff (open access)

Executive Correspondence - Letter from John Gallagher to Commission Staff

Follow up letter from John Gallagher praising the team for their monumental effort during the BRAC process
Date: August 26, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Input - Naval Air Station Pensacola FL - Briefing Slides (open access)

Base Input - Naval Air Station Pensacola FL - Briefing Slides

Base Input - Naval Air Station Pensacola FL - Briefing Slides
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - 2nd Visit - 8/19/05 (open access)

Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - 2nd Visit - 8/19/05

Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - 2nd Visit - 8/19/05
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/2005 to Chairman Principi from Ronald Merritt (open access)

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/2005 to Chairman Principi from Ronald Merritt

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/2005 to Chairman Principi from Ronald Merritt, President DeTect, Inc. regarding safety issues at NAS Oceana and NAS Cecil Field.
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jeb Bush (open access)

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jeb Bush

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jeb Bush offering a proposal to reopen NAS Cecil Field.
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library