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<br /> <br /> EMPG Program Appendix | February 2021 Page H-6 <br />Table 4: State Housing Template Sections and Planning Considerations <br />Template Section Planning Considerations <br />SLDHTF Plan <br />Organization <br />Participant inclusion, approaches for various types of housing disasters, available <br />materials, available assistance programs, and sources for surge staffing <br />Housing <br />Background <br />Identifying a jurisdiction’s current housing situation, priorities, capabilities, <br />challenges, and known risks <br />Sheltering Phase <br />Strategy <br />Identifying planning leads, current resources, timeline, key partners, cross- <br />jurisdictional agreements, and other risks <br />Interim Housing <br />Strategy <br />Identifying planning leads, current resources and capabilities, known areas of <br />difficulty, key partners, relocation strategies, and risks <br />Permanent <br />Housing Strategy <br />Identifying planning leads, long-term housing needs and prioritizations, current <br />resources and capabilities, known areas of implementation challenges, relocation <br />strategies, and risks <br />Pre-Disaster <br />Activities <br />Creating communication plans, survivor transition plans, mitigation plans, and <br />program closeout goals <br />Post-Disaster <br />Activities <br />Prioritizing disaster housing recovery activities, creating timelines for project <br />completion, documenting planned actions for assessing the availability of <br />affordable housing resources and expediting the delivery of housing by expediting <br />permitting and waiver processes, establishing an information sharing method, <br />creating an Environmental and Historical Preservation (EHP) strategy, identifying <br />potential locations for Manufactured Housing Units and Recreational Vehicles, <br />and identifying available federal disaster housing assistance <br /> <br />State-Administered Direct Housing Implementation <br />FEMA encourages states to develop the capacity to administer FEMA Direct Housing Assistance through a <br />reimbursable Inter-Governmental Service Agreement (IGSA). Under this arrangement, FEMA determines <br />disaster survivors’ eligibility for specific direct housing options and makes all determinations regarding <br />continuing eligibility, appeals, and eligibility terminations. FEMA also monitors the state’s administration <br />of approved Direct Housing Options to ensure compliance with federal environmental, historic <br />preservation, and floodplain management requirements as well as program conditions specified within the <br />IGSA. States that choose to administer Direct Housing Assistance through an IGSA are required to develop <br />a Direct Housing Administrative Plan and are encouraged to establish pre-placed contract to support the <br />delivery of direct housing. Any pre-placed contract would need to comply with applicable federal <br />procurement requirements at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.327. For more information, regarding Direct <br />Housing Assistance, please refer to the Individuals and Households Unified Guidance available at <br />https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/program-policy-guide. <br /> <br />Disaster Housing Exercises <br />Recipients are encouraged to exercise and validate their long-term sheltering and housing stabilization plans <br />as part of an existing exercise program. This includes: <br /> <br />• Validating the organizational structure of the Housing Task Force and internal readiness <br />capabilities to address post-disaster housing recovery issues or administer FEMA Direct Housing <br />Assistance under an IGSA <br />• Validating disaster housing communication plans and procedures that coordinate and integrate the <br />activities and information generated by internal/external partners