FEMA Disaster Risk Areas & Residential Hazard Mitigation
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-21 — Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act: cross-connection with home-modifications-climate-crisis-act: Both address residential-level mitigation against climate/disaster hazards, with the S4359 approach focused on household-scale adaptive modifications rather than FEMA-led hazard mitigation programs. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-02-06 — Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025: HR1105 (Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025, introduced) would authorize FEMA grants up to $10,000 for residential hazard mitigation in designated disaster-risk areas, create a 30% income tax credit for qualifying mitigation expenditures, and exclude from gross income both state/local residential mitigation payments and certain federal emergency agricultural assistance. (novelty: 3)