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Congress·In Committee·about 1 year ago

Congress moves to protect disaster housing help even for people who have insurance

Also known as: Disaster Displacement Assistance Improvement Act of 2025

Legislative Progress

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Senate
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Impacts

Mixed Impacts(2)
Child Tax Credit
Neutral
Federal Employee
Neutral
Positive Impacts(3)
Housing Assistance
Helps
Homeowner
Helps
Renter
Helps

Key Points

  • Would stop the President from treating a person’s insurance as a “double payment” when deciding if they qualify for disaster displacement help.
  • This is about short-term housing support after a disaster, like staying in a hotel or motel, staying with family or friends, or other housing options.
  • Goal: make it easier for people who are forced out of their homes to get temporary housing help even if they also have insurance coverage.
  • People most affected would be disaster survivors who have insurance but still face immediate housing costs or delays getting insurance money.
  • If passed, it could reduce situations where families are denied temporary housing help just because they carry insurance.
HousingConsumer ProtectionInfrastructure

Milestones

3 milestones3 actions
Feb 26, 2025House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Feb 26, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

After the bill becomes law (likely weeks to a few months)

FEMA updates rules and guidance so insurance is not treated as a reason to deny or reduce displacement assistance.

If you’re displaced after a federally declared disaster, your insurance status should be less likely to block you from getting help for a hotel or other short-term housing.

Related News

3 articles
Congresswoman Julia Brownley (official House website)·6 months ago

Brownley Disaster Relief Bills Included in FEMA Reform Package

Announces committee passage of H.R. 4669 and says it includes provisions from H.R. 1593 to prevent insurance status determinations from delaying disaster displacement help.

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New Democrat Coalition·about 1 year ago

New Democrat Coalition Weekly Wrap 2/28/2025

Lists Rep. Julia Brownley’s introduction of the Disaster Displacement Assistance Improvement Act (H.R. 1593) to speed access to FEMA Displacement Assistance despite insurance delays.

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LegiScan·about 1 year ago

US HB1593 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress (bill tracker page)

Legislative tracking summary for H.R. 1593, describing the bill’s purpose to stop treating insurance as a duplication of benefits for certain disaster displacement assistance.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Disaster Displacement Assistance Improvement Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 1593
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(4)
D: 4

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