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You're confusing FEMA's $20 billion disaster relief appropriation and the completely separate $650 funding for the Customs & Border Patrol's Shelter and Service

You're confusing FEMA's $20 billion disaster relief appropriation and the completely separate $650 funding for the Customs & Border Patrol's Shelter and Services Program.

slt2021 2y ago
Shelter and Services Program is financed by the FEMA, as well as Emergency food and shelter which in total spent roughly $1,000,000,000 of taxpayer money per year, while US citizens in Western NC were given $750 for losing their homes 1. https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program#totals 2. https://www.fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  It appears as though you've misunderstood some things. Disaster relief and SSP are two separate appropriations by Congress. They are not "financed by FEMA", they're budgets directed by Congress and signed into law by the President. The federal government has (in one form or another) been reimbursing state and local governments (and NGOs) for housing migrants released from federal custody since President Trump signed the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019". This did not deprive FEMA of disaster relief funds. Secondly, SSP replaced EFSP-H. You appear to have added the budget of SSP for FY24 and EFSP-H for FY23 together to conclude "a billion per year" but that's rounding up by several hundred million dollars. To put this in perspective, the House budget plan released yesterday expects to increase the DHS budget by 90 billion dollars of taxpayer money next year. Thirdly, the $750 is not "for losing their homes". It's literal emergency money. It's the first thing you get when applying for FEMA assistance, not the entirety of assistance you can receive, which for housing alone is upwards of $30,000. (See Also:https://www.fema.gov/node/rumor-serious-needs-assistance https://www.fema.gov/node/rumor-serious-needs-assistance)

You're confusing FEMA's $20 billion disaster relief appropriation and the completely separate $650 funding for the Customs & Border Patrol's Shelter and Services Program.

slt2021 2y ago

Shelter and Services Program is financed by the FEMA, as well as Emergency food and shelter which in total spent roughly $1,000,000,000 of taxpayer money per year, while US citizens in Western NC were given $750 for losing their homes 1. https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program#totals 2. https://www.fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program

dialup_sounds 2y ago
It appears as though you've misunderstood some things. Disaster relief and SSP are two separate appropriations by Congress. They are not "financed by FEMA", they're budgets directed by Congress and signed into law by the President. The federal government has (in one form or another) been reimbursing state and local governments (and NGOs) for housing migrants released from federal custody since President Trump signed the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019". This did not deprive FEMA of disaster relief funds. Secondly, SSP replaced EFSP-H. You appear to have added the budget of SSP for FY24 and EFSP-H for FY23 together to conclude "a billion per year" but that's rounding up by several hundred million dollars. To put this in perspective, the House budget plan released yesterday expects to increase the DHS budget by 90 billion dollars of taxpayer money next year. Thirdly, the $750 is not "for losing their homes". It's literal emergency money. It's the first thing you get when applying for FEMA assistance, not the entirety of assistance you can receive, which for housing alone is upwards of $30,000. (See Also:https://www.fema.gov/node/rumor-serious-needs-assistance https://www.fema.gov/node/rumor-serious-needs-assistance)