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HR 2535 · in committee · significant

FEMA Temporary Housing Assistance Improvement Act

What this bill does

  • FEMA can now provide temporary housing assistance after disasters without checking if recipients have insurance.
  • Disaster survivors who lack insurance or have insufficient coverage are the primary beneficiaries.
  • The change takes effect immediately and removes the insurance verification requirement from FEMA's eligibility process.

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  1. 01

    How might removing FEMA's insurance verification requirement change the distribution of disaster relief funds between insured and uninsured households?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the premise that insurance status verification creates barriers to temporary housing assistance for disaster survivors?

  3. 03

    Which federal agencies or state governments would bear costs if FEMA expands temporary housing to uninsured disaster victims?

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Sponsor · D-CA-26

Julia Brownley

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Introduced 2025-04-01

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-01 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  2. 2025-04-01 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  3. 2025-04-01 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-04-01 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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