1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 14, 2022FEMAs Individuals and Households Program (IHP)When a disaster occurs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may assist individuals with their recovery through the Individual Assistance (IA) program if the President authorizes such assistance
2、pursuant to a declaration of emergency or major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act; P.L. 93-288, as amended; codified at 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). One form of IA is the Individuals and Households Program (IHP), through which FEMA may provi
3、de financial and/or direct assistance for housing, as well as financial assistance for other needs. The IHP is authorized under Stafford Act Section 408 (42 U.S.C. 5174); FEMAs IHP regulations are codified at 44 C.F.R. 206.101 et seq. Authorizing IA-IHP Assistance There is no threshold or trigger th
4、at automatically authorizes IA or IHP assistance. Federal assistance is intended to supplementnot supplantthe local, state, territory, or tribal governments response and recovery efforts. Thus, the governor of an affected state or territory or the chief executive of an affected tribal government mus