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EMPG Program Appendix | 2023 Page H-8
<br />Disaster Housing Planning
<br />State-Led Disaster Housing Task Force
<br />Based on lessons learned from recent disasters, FEMA strongly encourages EMPG Program recipients to
<br />establish a State-Led Disaster Housing Task Force (SLDHTF) plan as part of their EOP or as a standalone
<br />document and update their plan at least once every two years.
<br />SLDHTFs lead and coordinate state, local, private sector, and community-based actions to assess housing
<br />impacts, identify appropriate post-disaster housing options, and establish processes for expediting post-
<br />disaster housing delivery. SLDHTF plans should clearly identify the roles, responsibilities, composition,
<br />and mobilization procedures for the SLDHTF, and how the SLDHTF integrates into the incident command
<br />structure. To have a successful SLDHTF plan, FEMA encourages recipients to:
<br />•Complete the State Housing Strategy Template; and
<br />•Establish a State Disaster Recovery Coordinator.
<br />State Housing Strategy Template
<br />EMPG Program recipients are strongly encouraged to update their State Housing Strategy using the State
<br />Housing Strategy Template as part of their EOP or as a standalone document. In addition to the State
<br />Housing Strategy Template, recipients are encouraged to define and emphasize sheltering, short term, and
<br />permanent housing planning.
<br />The State Housing Strategy Template helps states identify priorities and document critical, jurisdiction-
<br />specific processes and procedures to promote an efficient disaster housing mission. The template walks
<br />recipients through the following planning considerations as seen in the table below. See the State-
<br />Administered Direct Housing Grant Guide, July 2020 for the template and other supporting information.
<br />State Housing Template Sections and Planning Considerations
<br />Template Section Planning Considerations
<br />SLDHTF Plan
<br />Organization
<br />Participant inclusion, approaches for various types of housing disasters, available
<br />materials, available assistance programs, and sources for surge staffing
<br />Housing
<br />Background
<br />Identifying a jurisdiction’s current housing situation, priorities, capabilities,
<br />challenges, and known risks
<br />Sheltering Phase
<br />Strategy
<br />Identifying planning leads, current resources, timeline, key partners, cross-
<br />jurisdictional agreements, and other risks
<br />Interim Housing
<br />Strategy
<br />Identifying planning leads, current resources and capabilities, known areas of
<br />difficulty, key partners, relocation strategies, and risks
<br />Permanent
<br />Housing Strategy
<br />Identifying planning leads, long-term housing needs and prioritizations, current
<br />resources and capabilities, known areas of implementation challenges, relocation
<br />strategies, and risks
<br />Pre-Disaster
<br />Activities
<br />Creating communication plans, survivor transition plans, mitigation plans, and
<br />program closeout goals
<br />Post-Disaster
<br />Activities
<br />Prioritizing disaster housing recovery activities, creating timelines for project
<br />completion, documenting planned actions for assessing the availability of
<br />affordable housing resources and expediting the delivery of housing by expediting
<br />permitting and waiver processes, establishing an information sharing method,
<br />creating an Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) strategy,
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