Building Resilience: Policy and Advocacy

NAHB-established policy on resiliency guides advocacy efforts to respond to resiliency plans, policies and programs.

NAHB-established policy on sustainable, green, resilient and high-performance homes guides advocacy efforts to respond to resiliency plans, policies and programs.

NAHB was a founding co-signer to the design and construction industry statement on resilience.

NAHB provides clarification on key points within FEMA's Risk Rating 2.0.

Blog post from NAHBNow discussing a new interim policy to partially implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS), which would require certain structures to conform to higher flood elevation standards.

Blog post from NAHBNow outlining the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0, an initiative to transform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) program to make it more consumer friendly and better reflect the actual risks properties face.

The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) in 2024. The new standard applies to single-family and multifamily properties starting Jan. 1, 2025.

NAHB members and staff participated in an MIT-hosted a roundtable, Scaling Disaster Housing Capacity, to identify opportunities for increasing capacity to rapidly deploy housing solutions after disasters, as well as policy and operational constraints that limit the implementation of those solutions.

Resource site for updated status information and FAQ documents on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) efforts to transform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by redesigning how flood insurance policies are rated.

A compilation of tools for practitioners developed by FEMA to improve a community’s ability to prepare and recover including Disaster Housing and Supply Chain Resilience.