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“The President should be able to help disaster-affected people pay closing costs when they buy a home using a federal mortgage program that offers affordable financing.”
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“Temporary disaster homes should meet applicable flood, building, zoning, manufactured-home, Tribal, local, and safety standards, protect residents from natural hazards, and still allow HUD to waive some listed standards when needed.”
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“FEMA should be able to help repair disaster-damaged homes even if they are still livable, pay for cost-effective safety upgrades, and directly provide repairs or upgrades when cash aid will not work and no other help is available.”
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“The federal government should run a 5-year test program that contracts for temporary homes for people who qualify for disaster housing assistance after major disasters, with the program ending after five years unless Congress extends or replaces it.”
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“People who applied for covered FEMA housing help since January 1, 2017, should get at least 180 days after notice to reopen or appeal their case, while the expanded eligibility and proof changes would apply only to money Congress provides after the change takes effect.”
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“FEMA should quickly tell its workers how to apply the expanded housing process, provide English and Spanish self-certification forms at active recovery centers, and post forms and appeal instructions online in English, Spanish, and common local languages.”
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“After each future major disaster, FEMA and HUD should have to talk within 60 days about whether to set up a joint temporary rental assistance program for displaced people, including people covered by expanded FEMA eligibility.”
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“FEMA should consider practical records that link a survivor to a damaged home or property, accept other reasonable proof when formal papers are missing, and be able to help pay title-related costs that block housing aid.”
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“FEMA should be able to support permanent housing construction after a disaster when the President decides it would cost less than other housing options, including temporary housing.”
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“FEMA should create a disaster housing self-certification form within 30 days, let applicants use it without notarization, and release it without waiting for normal federal paperwork review, public comment, or Office of Management and Budget approval.”
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“Temporary disaster homes should have to be ready for eligible survivors within 90 days after a major disaster is declared, with HUD allowed to extend the deadline to 120 days.”
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“Temporary disaster homes should be chosen and built to fit the community where they are placed and the type of major disaster that affected that community.”
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“Temporary disaster homes should be able to become permanent homes after the disaster period ends, and federal officials should set a process for moving those units into existing affordable housing programs.”
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“Federal disaster housing contracts should go only to certain manufactured-home and modular-home businesses, and each temporary housing structure should be manufactured or modular with no more than four homes in it.”
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“FEMA should consider local rent increases after disasters when setting rental assistance and study whether renters face special problems getting disaster help compared with homeowners.”
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“States and tribes should be able to manage some disaster housing aid when FEMA approves their plans, they plan for permanent housing, and survivors have some choice about where they stay.”
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