Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act
This bill helps disaster survivors without formal property deeds prove ownership for FEMA aid by expanding acceptable evidence to include mortgage statements, property tax receipts, wills, death certificates, or other documentation showing occupancy or ownership ties. It allows FEMA to consider "constructive ownership" when proof is lacking, prohibits requiring notarized statements, and updates eligibility language from "uninhabitable" to "damaged" by disasters. The law applies to disaster assistance funds appropriated after enactment, directly affecting households seeking housing aid after major disasters. It streamlines access to aid for those with incomplete documentation, such as survivors inheriting property without formal transfers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 1, 2023
Last action Sep 5, 2023
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Sep 5, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Sep 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
lower
Sep 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
District
P
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Colin Z. Allred
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
James C. Moylan
RRepublican
Co
Jenniffer González-Colón
RRepublican
Co
Jill N. Tokuda
DDemocratic
Co
Lizzie Fletcher
DDemocratic
Co
Sheila Jackson Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Troy A. Carter
DDemocratic
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