![]() "We know there are structural inequities within the system of how FEMA does business - their programs, their policies, their funding."įor years, FEMA defended its programs. ![]() "It validates everything we've been saying for years now," says Chauncia Willis, the former emergency manager for Tampa, Fla., and co-founder of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management, a nonprofit organization that advocates for equity in disaster response. The agency did not respond to follow-up questions about its analyses, including whether it has completed additional income-based analyses since 2019.ĭisaster experts and local officials have warned for decades that FEMA's approach to disaster assistance is fundamentally unfair. ![]() Low-income disaster survivors are less likely to receive some type of crucial housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.įEMA's own assessment shows it often fails to help those most in need. Getty Images Hurricane Maria damaged hundreds of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico in 2017, including in San Isidro.
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