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Proposed housing bill would help victims of Hurricane Maria and other 2017 disasters



The Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act would help Puerto Ricans and others sort out property issues holding back aid This year?s Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1. But more than half a year after the country experienced extensive damage from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, there are still Americans citizens trying to obtain federal aid to cope with the loss of their homes.
A new bill introduced to Congress last week seeks to speed relief, and remedy some of the issues revealed by FEMA?s response to hurricanes in Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico.
Last Thursday, New York Representative Adriano Espaillat and Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico?s sole congressional representative, introduced the Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act to the House of Representatives. The bill would assist victims of any of the declared major disasters, including the wildfires in California, which together caused a record $400 billion-plus worth of damage to the U.S. in 2017. The bill has both short- and long-term implications: It would immediately direct FEMA to enter a mission assignment with HUD to administer the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP). This program, previously used in the aftermaths of Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, would immediately offer additional temporary rental assistance to families displaced by declared major disasters last year.
It would also make individuals who are renting, or those without land permits, deeds, or titles, eligible for F...
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