Disaster Recovery

Disaster Housing Recovery Update – April 26, 2024

The Vermont Congressional Delegation, including Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), sent a letter to the Administrator of the Federal…

Disaster Housing Recovery Update – May 17, 2024

The Vermont Congressional Delegation, including Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management…

Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 29, 2024

Congressional and National Updates The Brookings Institution wrapped up a six-part series on federal disaster policy reforms with an epilogue calling for legislative action on disaster recovery –…

Disaster Housing Recovery Update – April 26, 2024

Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) introduced the “Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights (HEIR) Act” and the “Heirs’ Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (…

Disaster Housing Recovery Update – April 15, 2024

Congressional and National Updates Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced the “Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2024” in the U.S. House of Representatives on…

Disaster Housing Recovery Update – April 12, 2024

Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on April 10 to call for additional federal long-term disaster recovery funding for the island of Maui, which was struck by…