DRRA Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 , 2019 , 2020, 2021 to 2022 Homeowners Perspective

Each year new disasters offer the opportunity for politicians to create new bills that do little more than pump tax dollars into the same dysfunctional programs we have had since 1954.

By Murray Wennerlund published 1-15-2022 updated 2-14-2022

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Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 , 2019 , 2020 a Homeowners and Business owners Perspective

Public Law No: 116-xxx

Linking only bills that have been signed into law. In the articles section I'll place proposed bills that have passed in either the House or Senate.

2020 DRRA

H.R.6074 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
- 03/06/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-123. (All Actions)
H.R.6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- 03/18/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-127. (All Actions)
H.R.748 - CARES Act
- 03/27/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-136. (All Actions)
H.R.266 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
- 04/24/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-139. (All Actions)
H.R.6322 Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020
- 04/28/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-140. (All Actions)
H.R.7010 - Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020
- 06/05/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-142. (All Actions)
S.4116 A bill to extend the authority for commitments for the paycheck protection program and separate amounts authorized for other loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.
- 07/04/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-147. (All Actions)
S.4091 Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act
- 07/13/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-148. (All Actions)
Passed Senate and House
S.3607 - Safeguarding America's First Responders Act of 2020
- Passed Senate and House - 07/20/2020 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)

2019 DRRA

2018 DRRA

H.R.1311 - To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met.
H.R. (Open) Transparent Disaster Relief Act of 2018
H.R.1183 Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017
H.R.1665 Disaster Declaration Improvement Act
H.R.1678 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments, and for other purposes.
H.R.1684 Disaster Assistance Support for Communities and Homeowners Act of 2017
H.R.3176 Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
H.R.6048 S.3033 COUNT Victims Act
S.3055 Disaster Victims Passport and ID Relief Act of 2018

Public Law No: 115-254

Signed into law October 3, 2018.
(Link to download PDF of Bill H.R. 302)
(Link to download PDF final signed into law H.R. 302)

Points of interest prior to the signing.

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act (H.R. 4460)
The Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017 (H.R. 3176) To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments (H.R. 1678)
The Disaster Support for Communities and Homeowners Act (H.R. 1684)
The Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017 (H.R. 1735)
To ensure that Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency considers severe local impact in making a recommendation to the President for a major disaster declaration (H.R. 1665)
The Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017 (H.R. 654)
The SMART Rebuilding Act (H.R. 4455)
Placing greater federal, state, and local emphasis on mitigation will:
- Save lives
- Minimize damage to property
- Reduce disaster costs
- Help people recover more quickly and
- Save taxpayers money.

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Manipulation of Federal Grants and Impact on Homeowners after a declared disaster.

Since 1953, federal grant assistance provided to homeowners has been subject to manipulation, leading to the mitigation of operational deficits in state and local municipalities.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-29-2023 updated 8-29-2023
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Republishing an article that today shows same actors involved with taxpayer funded disaster recovery efforts

This article says more than most since hurricane Katrina. Its important to understand what happened with the HUD Grants during that period time and what HUD required states to do today. A simply fix has always been to allow for more draws than the 5 max.

By Contributor published 12-13-2022 updated 12-13-2022
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How high should your finished floor of your new home be from your lowest land grade?

Its becoming more and more a problem for federal agencies, state departments and local municipalities to settle on a standard for elevating your home in known flood zones and potential flood zones.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-6-2022 updated 12-6-2022
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Homeowners not informed by FEMA or State Managers about HUD inspection requirements for CDBG-DR Grants

A goal for every homeowner should be to reduce your disaster debt burden for real costs of repairs and new construction after a declared disaster. This can be accomplished by having enough insurance to replace your home under any disaster classification.

By Murray Wennerlund published 12-4-2022 updated 12-4-2022
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State of Louisiana OCD-DRU Director Patrick Forbes increases Emergent Methods LLC contract, again and again.

From 700,000 to 2.4 million and they pick and choose what public communications they want to address. It pays well to not complete a task or contract with the state of Louisiana OCD-DRU under the direction of Patrick Forbes.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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Federal Disaster Assistance

When you are navigating the federal disaster assistance agencies your first stop should be to the TruckAndTools.Com Disaster Resources. Every disaster agency uses the same process but not every disaster agency follows strict policy and guidance. Don't go into your disaster recovery with blind trust of your federal and state agencies that are leading the push to get you sheltered and out of the program.

State of Louisiana promises full payments to Solution 1 builders but threatens Solution 2 builders with zero.

State of Louisiana OCD-DRU sent out notices to Solution 2 Homeowners who are constructing new homes to replace their substantially damaged homes from the 2016 floods that their may not be enough funds to honor the grant agreement.

By Murray Wennerlund published 11-3-2022 updated 11-3-2022
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Upper Management Exception Requests often never make it to upper management.

Your disaster recovery success often depends on the quality of information provided by your state workers or sub-contractors. In Louisiana we find most of the people assisting homeowners do not provide information until directly asked for information.

By Murray Wennerlund published 10-31-2022 updated 11-1-2022
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State of Louisiana may be offering $85k to $100K in grants for substantially damaged manufactured homes.

Most Impacted Disaster MID areas are to see major relief for those living in manufactured homes during the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-20-2022 updated 8-24-2022
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Reviewing the HUD duplication of benefits and the intent of the law as published in FR-2019-06-20

When federal funds for disaster relief are introduced into your state executive branch agencies for distribution to the states citizenry based on the states policy and procedure for eligibility and the states interpretation of federal agency policy.

By Murray Wennerlund published 8-4-2022 updated 8-12-2022
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