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The Biden administration is overhauling the country¡¦s disaster assistance programs, expanding aid for survivors of hurricanes, wildfires and other catastrophes and making it easier to access.
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The shift, announced Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, comes amid a growing number of climate-related disasters. It follows years of criticism surrounding the agency¡¦s aid programs, which experts have said are insufficient, too hard to access and disproportionately benefit wealthier and white Americans.
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¡§Survivors deserve better,¡¨ said Deanne Criswell, the FEMA administrator. ¡§We¡¦re connecting people with the help that they need on their worst day.¡¨
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The changes include wider access to an immediate $750 payment after evacuating a home and for other urgent needs, more housing assistance for people who can¡¦t return home right away, easier access to money to repair and improve homes, and reduced paperwork.
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Those changes would especially help renters and people with low incomes, according to Frank Matranga, who runs the agency¡¦s aid programs for disaster survivors. And because people in those groups are more likely to be people of color, the changes should reduce the racial inequity in federal disaster aid, he said.
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About 1 million Americans each year receive some sort of direct aid from FEMA, according to the agency.
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In addition to the $750 payment per household, FEMA said it would create a new program, called Displacement Assistance, to help people who need to stay in hotels, or with friends or family. Weather-related disasters pushed more than 3.3 million American adults out of their homes in 2022, census data shows. Of those, at least 1.2 million were displaced for a month or longer.
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FEMA is also ending one of its most criticized rules, which requires disaster survivors seeking assistance to first apply for, and be rejected for, a loan from the Small Business Administration, regardless of whether they own a small business.
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Han Nguyen, a spokesperson for the Small Business Administration, said in a statement that the agency ¡§applauds FEMA¡¦s decision.¡¨
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FEMA said it would also make it easier for people whose homes had been damaged to get money to rebuild. And if a home requires upgrades for people with disabilities ¡X for example, adding a ramp to the front door ¡X FEMA would pay for those changes.
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