Accommodating People with Disabilities in Disasters

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Accommodating People with Disabilities in Disasters: A Reference Guide to Federal Law

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new reference guide outlining legal requirements and standards relating to access for people with disabilities. The guide is a first in a series of disability-related guidelines to be produced by FEMA for disaster preparedness, response planners, and service providers at all levels.

"The Reference Guide was originally developed in response to the requirement of H.R. 5441 (PL 109-295), Section 689: Individuals with Disabilities, to develop disability related guidelines for use by those who serve individuals with disabilities in emergency preparedness and disaster relief. This Guide is not intended to satisfy all of the guidance requirements contained in Section 689. Additional guidelines to accommodate individuals with disabilities will be issued in the future."

A full copy of the Guide may be accessed at: http://www.fema.gov/oer/reference

[whistle]

1. FEMA will use the Katrina model for all future disasters

:wtf:

[cutlassmama]

2. same shit, different day. None of it means too much.

From the document

Prohibits discrimination in any aspect of selling or renting housing or denial of a dwelling to a buyer or renter because of the disability of that individual, an individual associated with the buyer or renter, or an individual who intends to live in the residence.

I had a potential landlord come out and say that his insurance wouldn't cover him if I fell in his rental residence so he couldn't rent to a disabled person. :grr: