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- Authorize and reform the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to fund low- and moderate-income community disaster recovery.
- Require states to prioritize assistance for extremely low, low, and moderate-income disaster survivors, address housing needs, and improve preparedness.
- Allow federal agencies access to comprehensive data, expand public participation, and identify service gaps to inform disaster recovery policy and reforms.
- Protect fundamental civil rights and fair housing rights, ensuring nondiscriminatory access to disaster recovery resources for all protected classes.
On Friday, July 10, 2026, Congressman Al Green, a member of the House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, stated, “Tonight, the bipartisan H.R. 6644 – the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act – will become law at midnight if President Trump does not sign or veto the legislation. While President Trump should have signed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act into law as soon as Congress passed it, I am grateful that my H.R. 8291 – the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act – was included in the legislation and will be enacted when it becomes law.
The Reforming Disaster Recovery Act would authorize and reform the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and provide flexible funding to help low-and moderate-income communities recover from major
disasters. Among other things, this bill would:
• Require states to prioritize activities that help extremely low-, low-, and moderate-income disaster survivors recover, address pre- and post-disaster housing needs, and prepare for future disasters.
• Allow all federal agencies involved in recovery efforts to access the full breadth of data needed to make informed public policy decisions, allow greater public participation in disaster recovery efforts, and help public and private entities better recognize gaps in services and identify reforms needed for future disaster recovery efforts.
Require states to include detailed plans outlining how they will use CDBG-DR funds to serve low- and moderate-income households and how these dollars will address relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, and the restoration of housing and infrastructure in the most impacted and distressed areas.
• Help protect fundamental civil rights and fair housing rights and ensure that all communities and community members, regardless of race, disability, sex, age, color, religion, familial status, national origin, or other protected class, receive full access to disaster recovery resources, free from discrimination.
Following the destruction caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Michael, and Maria; the wildfires in California and the West; and numerous other natural disasters across America, families and communities continue to struggle in their efforts to recover. I am thankful to the leadership of the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for their work in advancing this landmark housing bill, including House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, Ranking Member Maxine Waters, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren.”
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