FEMA: Nearly $2 Billion in Available Funding Announced to Increase Climate Resilience Nationwide
Today, alongside the Department of Homeland Security and the White House, FEMA announced that nearly $2 billion dollars will be available for two resilience grant programs designed to help communities mitigate against climate change and increasingly frequent and severe weather events. FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) annual grant program has made $1 billion available to fund projects…
HUD: Funding Navigator Announced to Connect Program Participants to Billions of Dollars in Federal Funding and Tax Credits to Improve Carbon Reduction and Climate Resilience
Dynamic web-based resource navigator tool, which will assist program participants identity potential funding opportunities Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced its first-ever Funding Navigator, an interactive tool that allows the user to browse and sort funding opportunities for billions of dollars in funding available under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),…
SBA: Over $5 Million Announced to Support STEM, R&D-Focused Small Businesses
Growth Accelerator Fund Awards $150,000 to 35 Partnerships Across National Priority Areas Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the SBA’s 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition Stage Two winners. Thirty-five award-winning accelerator partnerships will receive $150,000 each to help advance equitable investment…
HUD: Funding Announced to Support Energy Efficiency and Climate Resilience in Multifamily Assisted Housing Properites
Initial awards of $18 million under the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program will support upgrades that advance energy efficiency and climate resilience in rental homes for low-income families. As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it has awarded approximately $18 million in…
FEMA: First Recipients Selected to Administer Innovative Climate Resilience Loan Fund
Today, FEMA is announcing that seven states and the District of Columbia will receive a combined $50 million in capitalization grants to help communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters. These capitalization grants, provided through the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program, and made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will enable states, territories,…
FEMA: Nearly $3 Billion in Project Selections Announced to Help Communities Build Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
dditional Funding from the President’s Investing in America Agenda Enables Major Program Expansion, with 23 States Selected for the First Time WASHINGTON — Today, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced the project selections for nearly $3 billion in…
FEMA: Department of Homeland Security Offers Community Leaders New Resources to Prepare for Extreme Temperature Events as 17 States Experience Record-Breaking Heat
With roughly 130 million Americans across 22 states under heat alerts, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA are releasing new resources to help communities manage extreme heat, which is growing in intensity due to the climate crisis. Heat remains the no. 1 weather-related cause of death in the United States and its effects threaten our critical…
HUD: Updated Public & Assisted Housing Guidance Published for Treatment of Solar Program for Residents
Updates support expanded use of solar program benefits for assisted housing residents as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published today updated guidance for Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and owners of properties participating in HUD Multifamily Assisted Housing programs regarding the treatment of financial benefits…
OCC: Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision Testifies on Climate-Related Financial Risks
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision Greg Coleman today testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy on the agency’s supervision of climate-related financial risks. In his testimony, Mr. Coleman discussed the OCC’s supervision activities at…
HUD: Secretary Partners with Japan to Forge Sustainable Urban Solutions and Climate Resilience
Secretary Fudge signs a Memorandum of Cooperation with Japanese Leaders to jointly pursue innovations in housing policy, urban planning, and climate resilience Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge traveled to Takamatsu, Japan to attend the G7 Sustainable Urban Ministers’ Meeting on July 8th and 9th. At the meeting, Secretary Fudge…