Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Disaster Toolkit

摘要

Disasters can happen anytime and anywhere, and may force people to flee their homes. During this turbulent time, the immediate need is to find temporary housing for people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed. Once an individual or family has secured temporary housing, the emphasis then transfers to locating and facilitating permanent housing opportunities. These housing opportunities should be afforded to all people, regardless of race, color, sex, disability, national origin, religion, or familial status. This toolkit for fair housing emergency preparedness can be utilized as a basis for planning and can be expanded and modified to meet the needs of your agency. The purpose of this toolkit is to guide and assist fair housing professionals, FHAP and FHIP agencies, and other public servants in their efforts to: Engage in and implement emergency preparedness activities internally; Include fair housing processes and protocols as a part of emergency preparedness plans nationwide; Develop partnerships and collaborations with agencies tasked with being first- and second-line responders; Clarify the fair housing role in emergency response situations. The goal of this toolkit is to remove readiness barriers by providing all communities with strategies, processes, and tools that will help facilitate coordinated fair housing emergency management planning and response activities. The target audience is everyone, including local leaders, responsible for initiating and coordinating emergency management planning efforts throughout the country.