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Strengthening Homes Against Windstorms: New Safety Standards and Research Funding.

This law reauthorizes and expands a federal program focused on reducing property damage and loss of life from windstorms, wind-driven rain, and storm surges. It mandates new research into cost-effective ways to strengthen existing homes and manufactured housing, ensuring future building codes account for climate change impacts on storm intensity. This aims to provide citizens with better protection for their property and safety.
Key points
Increased focus on research and development of cost-effective methods to protect existing buildings and manufactured homes from wind, rain, and storm surge damage.
Significant reauthorization of federal funding (FY 2025-2029) for agencies developing storm resilience technologies and standards.
Future model building codes must incorporate projections of storm frequency and intensity based on climate change data.
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Print number: 118_HR_9252
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Process start date: 2024-08-02