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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Inside FEMA, a reckoning on race and flooded mansions


Published: Monday, March 15, 2021
Flooded mansions in Houston. Photo credit: Adrees Latif/REUTERS/Newscom
Flood survivors are evacuated from an affluent neighborhood in Houston during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is scrutinizing its commitment to equity in disaster programs. Adrees Latif/REUTERS/Newscom
Through internal emails, public advisories and virtual seminars, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it wants to do better on equity, and it acknowledges that disasters and disaster recovery programs unfairly burden low-income and minority populations.
The effort began last fall before the election and has accelerated under President Biden. As FEMA helps distribute coronavirus vaccines nationwide, it is prioritizing underserved populations and last month established a civil rights advisory group to identify and eliminate inequities in who gets inoculated. ....

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