House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Multiple Disaster Recovery Reform Bills
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed five bills to reform the disaster recovery system at a session on October 27. The bills address separate elements of how FEMA responds and…
NLIHC Submits Testimony for Hearings on Disaster Recovery Efforts
The House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held hearings on disaster recovery on October 26 and 27, respectively. Both featured discussion…
2022 Senate THUD Budget Bill Contains Major Disaster Recovery Reform
In a major win for disaster recovery advocates, the Senate Appropriations Committee’s 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill includes the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act.”…
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Holds Hearing on Hurricane Ida and Disaster Recovery
The House Committee on Oversight held a hearing on October 5 titled “Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience.” The chief witness was FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. In her…
Congress Approves $28.6 Billion in Supplemental Recovery Funding for 2020 and 2021 Disasters
The continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress on September 30 included $28.6 billion in disaster relief supplemental appropriation. The funding had long been pursued by elected officials in…
House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearings on Emergency Rental Assistance and Treasury’s Response to Pandemic
House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on August 31 several hearings for the month of September. The schedule includes a full committee hearing on the…
Senator Wyden Introduces “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act”
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced on August 18 the “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act,” a bill that includes several proposed solutions to the nation’s affordable rental housing…
NLIHC Testifies before Congress on Federal Efforts to Keep Americans Housed during Pandemic
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus held a hearing on July 27, “Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing Abuses by Corporate Landlords and Federal Efforts to Keep Americans in their…
DHRC-Supported Bill Removing Barriers to FEMA Assistance Passes House Committee
“The Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act” (H.R. 3037), introduced by Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR), was unanimously approved…
NLIHC to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Federal Efforts to Keep Americans Housed during the Pandemic
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus hearing, “Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing Abuses by Corporate Landlords and Federal…
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Implement Important Reforms for Long-Term Disaster Recovery Funding
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Todd Young (R-IN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” on July 22. The bill is strongly…