Catastrophic Housing Annex to the 2012 Federal Interagency Operations Plan - Hurricane

This Annex to the 2012 Federal Interagency Response Plan - Hurricane, describes a concept of operations implementing a paradigm shift for response and recovery operations which focuses on transitioning 500,000 eligible households from sheltering to temporary housing and support for their transition to sustainable housing following a catastrophic hurricane. The concepts and options found in this Annex focus on increasing capacity and adjusting timelines to improve efficiency of transitioning households out of congregate and noncongregate sheltering to temporary housing or directly into long-term sustainable or permanent housing. This Annex also identifies the considerations necessary to implement options in the most efficient and effective manner possible by working with the whole community as described in A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management: Principles, Themes, and Pathways for Action. Emphasis of recovery support will initially be conducted in the least impacted areas and progress inward toward the most heavily impacted area as accessibility allows. Recovery support for survivors living in the most heavily impacted area will emphasize sheltering/temporary housing solutions provided in locations outside of the impacted area. Life-sustaining support for essential personnel performing critical functions and recovery operations will be provided in all areas. This Annex is currently built around FEMA's plans to increase its housing capabilities. Implementation of the concepts presented in this document will be coordinated with external partners for continued development. The information presented in this Annex provides the foundation for Phase I and sets the stage for Phase II catastrophic planning. Phase I encompasses mass care and sheltering. Phase II will focus on the Whole Community, including other Federal agency participation, resources, and authorities, in the development of a plan to provide long-term sustainable or permanent housing. These Phases are illustrated in Figure 4 on page 14. The planning concepts and options provided herein are guidelines only. Every disaster will be unique in scope and magnitude. The needs of a particular community will drive the response and recovery actions.