HR 5298
117th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Cooperative and condominium housing
Disaster relief and insurance
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021
Introduced: September 20, 2021
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 20, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021
This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, eligible for the same assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as other homeowners.
Specifically, the bill
- adds definitions of residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;
- requires FEMA to issue rules for the removal of debris or wreckage from real estate owned by a residential common interest community resulting from a major disaster and deems such removal to be in the public interest when a state or local government determines in writing that such debris or wreckage constitutes a threat to life, public health or safety, or the economic recovery of such community; and
- provides for the repair of essential common elements of a condominium or co-op damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Committees of jurisdiction
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