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FEMA Reform: Comparing the Review Council’s Recommendations and Congressional Proposals
In Executive Order (EO) 14180 in January 2025, President Donald Trump established the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council, leading many policymakers, emergency managers, and other stakeholders to assume action to address FEMA’s future would follow quickly. Such a reform effort was neither wholly unexpected nor unwelcome: While the country regularly calls on FEMA to perform critical functions, its programs are considered a bureaucratic maze.
An Update on HUD’s Next Round of CDBG-DR Grants
The Continuing Resolution (Public Law 117-43) signed by President Biden on September 30, 2021 included the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022, which provided $28 billion in disaster relief spending to a range of federal agencies. One of the most significant line items is $5 billion for HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.
Fundamental Priorities for Disaster Recovery Reform
While the battle against COVID-19 has been the primary focus of emergency management efforts in the U.S. over the past 12 months, we also witnessed one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons in memory, saw devasting wildfires in the west that turned skies orange, and watched as many communities suffered extreme weather events involving high winds, intense rain, flooding, and below freezing temperatures.
DD Quarterly November 2020
Welcome back to Disaster Discourse Monthly! This year, we are changing our format to feature the expertise of our leadership every quarter. Today at Disaster Discourse Monthly, Stan Gimont, Hagerty's Senior Advisor for Community Recovery, and Dennis Gonzalez, Director, discuss Puerto Rico's challenging road to recovery following Hurricanes Irma and Maria as well as what can be done to move the island forward.
HUD Releases CDBG-CV Program Rules, Waivers, and Requirements
September 4, 2020 at 9:48 am By Stan Gimont The United States (US) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a Federal Register Notice (Notice) on August 20, 2020, addressing a range of issues on the use of $5 billion of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to account for costs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
HUD Technical Assistance Can Help Improve Housing and Community Development Program Outcomes
August 19, 2020 at 11:55 am By Stan Gimont In support of its many programs, the United States (U.S.) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers an extensive array of technical assistance (TA) to grantees and recipients of HUD funding.
Status of Federal Disaster Assistance Funding
Despite ongoing disaster recovery efforts and urgent hurricane and wildfire-related risks, several federal disaster assistance programs again face an uncertain fiscal outlook. Outlined below are the Biden administration’s outstanding requests for supplemental disaster funding, the key programs such funding would support, and the implications of delayed funding for disaster-impacted communities.
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