U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD
United States of America
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Mission

HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business.

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Housing Damage Assessment and Recovery Strategies Report Puerto Rico
This report culminates months of data gathering, strategy development, recovery priorities and potential strategies and the results of various community-level damage assessments in the aftermath of the Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
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Hurricane Sandy rebuilding strategy: stronger communities, a resilient region
This document presents the policy recommendations of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force for helping the rebuilding of the region affected by the 2011 super-storm.
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Pre-Disaster Planning for Permanent Housing Recovery - VOLUME 4: Basic Plant Design
This fourth volume describes the basic plant design requirements for manufactured, modular, and panelized housing.
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Pre-Disaster Planning for Permanent Housing Recovery - VOLUME 3: Planning Tools
This third volume presents the House Capacity Calculator, which is an easy-to use application that estimates required rebuilding time based on available house production capacity.
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Pre-Disaster Planning for Permanent Housing Recovery - VOLUME 2: Planning Strategy
This second volume provides a summary of the national disaster housing strategy, and describes a straightforward planning approach for estimating potential losses and expediting rebuilding.
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Pre-Disaster Planning for Permanent Housing Recovery - VOLUME 1: Overview
This first volume provides an overview of the permanent housing options, which include manufactured, modular, panelized, and site-built housing.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://portal.hud.gov
+509 34959575