FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues

McCarthy, Francis X.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Disaster relief;    Disasters;    Emergency management;    Hurricanes;   

RP-ID  :  RL34087
RP-ID  :  RL34087_2008Aug08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the issues with the housing policies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), particularly as they relate to the Post-Katrina Act of 2006 and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Plan. It includes an overview of the Stafford Act sections 403 and 408 as well as a breakdown of issues for Congress and possible Congressional approaches to address the policies.