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Five kinds of activity must be given priority

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 504, Sec. 504. Written by .

Five kinds of activity must be given priority

The document says “shallWho acts: grantees under the new section 124How: statuteSec. 504 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(A) assist persons with extremely low-, low-, and moderate-incomes and other vulnerable populations to better recover from and withstand future disasters; ``(B) address housing needs arising from a disaster, or those needs present prior to a disaster, including the needs of both renters and homeowners;”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504

The new section 124 requires a grantee to prioritize activities that help people with extremely low, low, and moderate incomes and other vulnerable populations recover and withstand future disasters, address housing needs arising from or predating the disaster for both renters and owners, prolong the life of housing and infrastructure, use cost-effective means of preventing harm with protective features and redundancies, and otherwise assure critical services continue during future disasters.

What the document actually says

“``(A) assist persons with extremely low-, low-, and moderate-incomes and other vulnerable populations to better recover from and withstand future disasters; ``(B) address housing needs arising from a disaster, or those needs present prior to a disaster, including the needs of both renters and homeowners;”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504
That sentence, in plain words

Work that helps people with the least money comes first. So does work that helps them stand up to the next disaster. Work on housing needs also comes first, for renters and for owners alike.

What this is about

Priority sets the order, not the amount. Five kinds of work are named. Some address the last disaster and some the next one.

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