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Five essential films about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Resources to reflect on the hurricane, 20 years later
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Here is how an RV park ends up in a floodway
Terrific investigative reporting by the Washington Post on the Texas tragedy
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Read with me: The FEMA Act of 2025 - Individual Assistance
Some very exciting proposals in the housing assistance space
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Disasters and the Gulf Coast, 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina
A new data and storytelling resource from the Urban Institute
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An update re: the BRIC Lawsuit
District Court judge issues preliminary injunction against DHS and FEMA
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Read With Me: The FEMA Act of 2025 - Public Assistance
Part II: Division B, FEMA Reforms Title I - Public Assistance Reforms
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July 2025

Read With Me: The FEMA Act of 2025
Part I: Background and Division A (Establishment of FEMA as a Cabinet-Level Independent Agency)
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In Brief: States File Suit Over Shutdown of FEMA BRIC Program
Some quick thoughts on
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Do States Have the Fiscal Capacity to Shoulder the Costs of Disasters?
New analysis from the Urban Institute on state financial resources and reduced federal disaster funding
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Lessons from Texas: Recreational Vehicles are an Understudied Dimension of Housing and Disaster Risk
Last week I got a call from Harriet Torry at the Wall Street Journal, who was reporting a story on the Hill Country Floods and recreational vehicles…
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In Brief: The Texas Floods and Land Use Regulation
Why are RV parks and camp cabins in the floodplain?
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May 2025

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