Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition Policy Recommendations

Disaster recovery frameworks must center the needs of municipalities' lowest-income and most marginalized households. This brief highlights Houston, Texas' disaster recovery framework and provides policy recommendations. Best practices include inviting marginalized communities to take a leading role in developing emergency planning and response plans, pre-planning for short-term recovery by identifying and pre-leasing rental homes prior to a predicted disaster, and the prioritization of the rehabilitation and construction of homes affordable to people with the lowest incomes.