FEMA Releases Five-Year Data Strategy
FEMA’s Data Management Branch released a five-year data strategy in March in an effort to modernize how FEMA personnel share data across the myriad divisions and branches of the agency. The document…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – May 8, 2023
Administrative, Congressional, and National Updates President Biden has issued an executive order aiming to revitalize the nation’s commitment to environmental justice. The order directs the U.S.…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – May 5, 2023
A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has hampered efforts to ensure that federal civil rights law is being followed in the distribution of disaster mitigation funding in Texas,…
House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Holds Hearing on National Flood Insurance Program Reform
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing, “The Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA’s…
FEMA Administrator Criswell Testifies before House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Regarding FEMA’s FY24 Budget Request
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell testified before the U.S. Congress on April 18, defending the agency’s recent budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 and warning that without quick congressional…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 24, 2023
Congressional and National Updates Representative Dina Titus, the Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell recently testified in the U.S. Congress, defending the agency’s recent budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 and warning that without quick congressional action…
Public Housing Residents Face Acute Challenges When Recovering from Disasters
An article appearing in Urban Affairs, “Post-Disaster Recovery Challenges of Public Housing Residents: Lumberton, North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew,” examines the unique barriers faced by public…
Memo to Members | Volume 28, Issue 13
Memo: Latest News and Updates on AFFH, Federal Budget, Disaster Housing, and More!
Thirty-Two Killed, Major Housing Damage, after More Than 50 Tornados Tear through South and Midwest
A devastating outbreak of more than 50 tornados in the South and Midwest on March 31 has now resulted in 32 deaths, after a massive storm system moved through the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,…
Harvard Report Shows Post-Disaster Home Repair Spending Has Nearly Doubled since the 2000s
A report published by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that approximately $20 billion is being spent annually to repair homes following major disasters and minor storms – a…