HR 5474 115th Congress House Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disaster relief and insurance Family services Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Homelessness and emergency shelter Natural disasters

Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

Introduced: April 11, 2018 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

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Apr 12, 2018

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

Apr 11, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 11, 2018

Introduced in House

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Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

This bill makes a family eligible for housing assistance in connection with a major disaster, including Hurricane Maria of 2017, if it: (1) is occupying an otherwise unused or uninhabited property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have documented ownership rights to, and is not renting, the property; or (2) is renting a property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have a written lease for such rental.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider a wide range of evidence in determining the eligibility of a family for housing assistance.

FEMA shall enter into agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a Disaster Housing Assistance Program to provide temporary rental assistance to families displaced by any major disaster during 2017, and shall consult on the implementation of the program for future disasters.

What's happening now April 12, 2018

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 17

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Sep 6, 2018

Beyer, Donald S.

Virginia · Aug 3, 2018

New York · Jul 10, 2018

Moulton, Seth

Massachusetts · Jun 12, 2018

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Jun 6, 2018

California · Apr 11, 2018

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Apr 11, 2018

Raskin, Jamie

Maryland · Apr 11, 2018

Soto, Darren

Florida · Apr 11, 2018

Vargas, Juan

California · Apr 11, 2018

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Apr 11, 2018

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Apr 11, 2018

Wilson, Frederica S.

Florida · Apr 11, 2018

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