and the evolution of hazard mitigation funding.

to the role of #FEMA, #HUD, and #SBA in supporting recovery

to exploring how costs will double by 2050 due to climate change

to the confluence of social vulnerability and property losses

From (declared) disaster frequency

Large states w/ big disaster losses—New York, California, Florida, and Texas—would have lost the most funding, but all states would be affected. Per capita, states like Iowa ($155) and Hawaii ($145) would have lost the most federal support.

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4) Maui, where wildfires broke out 18 months ago, is still in the early stages of recovery. Of the 1,898 housing units destroyed by the fire, building permits have been issued for just 14 percent and only 6 homes have been rebuilt.

3) Three years after the Marshall Fire, most lots have been cleared of debris and building permits have been issued for 75 percent of the affected houses. Among those, 63 percent have been issued a certificate of occupancy.

2) The Camp Fire remains one of the largest and most destructive fires in US history. Rebuilding data show debris clearance was completed in November 2019, a year after the fire, but that building permits have only been issued for 29 percent of properties and COO were issued for just 23 percent.

1) The Carr Fire destroyed 876 homes in Shasta County (and more in Redding). 6.5 years later, 40 percent of properties have received a building permit and 36 percent have been issued a certificate of occupancy, meaning a significant the majority of lost homes haven't been rebuilt.

Pertinent to developments this week - our analysis was intentionally designed to use mostly publicly available data including from Census, NOAA and FEMA to support replication across communities. Some of these data are no longer available due to the administration's actions

This breaks along party-lines much more than by income, race or housing tenure.