Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

Summary

Disaster Assistance Fairness Act This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, and manufactured housing communities 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, housing cooperative, and manufactured housing community 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, condominium, co-op, or manufactured housing 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, co-op, or manufactured housing community damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Individuals and Households Program.

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Timeline

1. 31 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 31 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 February 2025

   Referred

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

   Source: Committee

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2 official files

• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 31 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 31 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · R · Cosponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Nellie Pou · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Cosponsor
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