DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE, AND LEGAL AUTHORITY. This CMA addresses essential data sharing in the cooperative operation of FEMA emergency sheltering and housing assistance programs and HUD’s rental assistance programs and CDBG-DR grants, including Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), National Disaster Resilience Competition (CDBG-NDR), and CDBG-DR grants for limited activities. HUD rental assistance programs include Public Housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, Project Based Section 8, Section 202, and Section 811. These programs provide rental assistance to low-income renters. When impacted by a disaster, these tenants may be displaced and be eligible for FEMA assistance. This CMA supports data sharing between FEMA and HUD to quickly move families from FEMA assistance back to HUD assistance as well as prevent a risk of duplication of benefits. In response to Presidentially declared disasters, Congress may appropriate additional funding under the Community Development Fund heading for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program as disaster recovery grants to support recovery, mitigation, and related purposes that help to rebuild the affected areas and provide crucial seed money to start the recovery process particularly for low- and moderate-income persons. Since CDBG-DR assistance may fund a broad range of recovery and mitigation activities, HUD grants can help communities and neighborhoods that otherwise might not recover due to limited resources. Pursuant to Section 312(a) of the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Xxxxxxxx Act; Pub. L. No. 93-288, as amended), at 42 U.S.C. § 5155(a), FEMA and HUD may not provide duplicative financial assistance to individuals and households for the same disaster- related need. CDBG-DR grantees are subject to similar duplication of benefits requirements in appropriations acts that make available CDBG-DR funds. Pursuant to Section 582 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. 5154a, and related regulations at 24 CFR 58.6(b), HUD disaster assistance that is made available in a special flood hazard area may not be used to make a payment to a person for repair, replacement, or restoration for flood damage to any personal, residential or commercial property if: (1) the person had previously received Federal flood disaster assistance conditioned on obtaining and maintaining flood insurance; and (2) the person failed to obtain and maintain flood insurance. Pursuant to the Privacy Act’s Section 552a(o)(1...
DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE, AND LEGAL AUTHORITY. This CMA addresses essential data sharing between HUD and the Grantee. HUD has entered into a computer matching agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to obtain data from FEMA on applicants registering for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP) to share with the Grantee to prevent the duplication of benefits. This CMA governs the Grantee’s use of the shared data to prevent the duplication of benefits in the administration of the Grantee’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants and CDBG-DR funded activities, including assistance for mitigation, electric power systems, or resilience purposes (under CDBG-MIT, CDBG-DR, or CDBG-NDR grants) if applicable. Pursuant to section 312(a) of the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Xxxxxxxx Act; Pub. L. Xx. 00-000, xx xxxxxxx), xx 00 X.X.X. § 0000(x), HUD and CDGB-DR grantees may not provide duplicative financial assistance to individuals and households for the same disaster-related need. Pursuant to the Privacy Act’s section 552a(o)(1)(A) requirement, the purposes and legal authority for this computer matching program are described in Section II.B. and II.C. below.
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