Increase pre-disaster mitigation and limit federal building in high-risk areas

Warren would propose increasing FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant program fivefold and direct federal emergency and coastal management agencies to take a holistic approach to disaster preparedness, including evacuation planning. Her plan would bar new federal buildings within 1.5 meters of sea level, with necessary military-infrastructure exemptions, and bar new public housing within that distance.

Context: The restrictions apply to new buildings; military infrastructure may be exempt from the federal-building restriction.

In their own words

Rather than cutting this program, we will propose to quintuple it.

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We Need A Blue New Deal For Our Oceans

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