CLEAR Act of 2025

Key Points

• The CLEAR Act of 2025 would create a new grant program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It authorizes $100 million each year from 2025 through 2030 to help states, territories, and tribal nations prepare for extreme weather and other natural disasters.
• To receive the money, a state or tribe must set up a dedicated resiliency office. This office would be responsible for creating a plan every five years to protect local housing, health services, roads, and the economy from environmental hazards.
• These new offices would provide technical help to local towns and cities. They would also help coordinate recovery efforts after a disaster happens and make sure different government agencies are working together to reduce future risks.
• The program gives priority to communities that are most at risk or have the greatest financial need. It also sets aside 10 percent of the total funding specifically for Indian tribes to build their own disaster and resilience plans.
• The grant money can be used to pay for staff, planning tools, and the local matching funds required by other federal disaster programs. This helps smaller or lower-income communities access federal resources that they might otherwise not be able to afford.

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