2 Matching Results

Search Results

open access

FEMA Disaster Housing: From Sheltering to Permanent Housing

This report reviews standard disaster housing procedures as well as options that could be taken to improve disaster housing including increased FEMA/HUD cooperation, the use of the case management authority, the repair and renovation of private rental housing units, and the use of alternative manufactured housing.

Date: September 16, 2009

Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

open access

FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program: Overview and Issues

This report discusses Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), "Project Impact," and related legislative issues that Congress currently faces. PDM, as federal law and a program activity, began in 1997. Congress established a pilot program, which FEMA named "Project Impact," to test the concept of investing prior to disasters to reduce the vulnerability of communities to future disasters.

Date: July 10, 2009

Creator: McCarthy, Francis X. & Keegan, Natalie