$6.875 Billion Available for Climate Resilience from HUD
HUD has made $6.875 billion dollars available for climate resilience and disaster mitigation assistance. The long-awaited funding will go to nine states and fiv...
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Midwest Floods of 2019—The Latest Disaster to Learn From
The flooding in the Midwest is the latest in a long line of catastrophic disasters that have climate change’s fingerprints all over them....
New Disaster Bill Includes $849M for Water Infrastructure
A new disaster supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 268) was passed by the House of Representatives this week. It included $849 million for drinking water, wa...
For Sandy Survivors This Program Made All the Difference
Hurricane Sandy survivors from Staten Island recall the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and their journeys to living somewhere safer. ...
States Need to Go Back to the Well and Leverage SRF Dollars
Over the next few decades, the United States is facing a $1 trillion shortfall in water infrastructure funding. To close this gap, more federal funding is neede...
Bipartisan Bill Offers Solutions for Flood-Prone Properties
Bipartisan legislation introduced last week by Representatives Ed Royce (R-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act (H...