I will keep up the fight for affordable housing and working to deliver real and immediate federal support to any community affected by natural disasters – in North Carolina and across the country.
Will work to deliver real and immediate federal support to any community affected by natural disasters.
Occurrences
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Evidence
“I will keep up the fight for affordable housing and working to deliver real and immediate federal support to any community affected by natural disasters – in North Carolina and across the country.” The article says the Senate-passed housing package included the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, which would create a disaster recovery fund to allow HUD to predictably assist communities, but that provision was stripped from the House version before final passage.
Ross and other North Carolina Democrats urged House leaders to include $25.57 billion in federal disaster relief for North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. The letter requested funding for rebuilding infrastructure, housing assistance, small businesses, agriculture, schools, hospitals, and other recovery needs.
Ross introduced the FEMA Administrative Reform Act to help accelerate the flow of federal disaster recovery dollars to Western North Carolina by reducing red tape. The release states the policy had slowed needed recovery dollars and created disaster aid backlogs across the country.
Ross said that for nearly three months critical DHS agencies including FEMA had been disrupted during the shutdown, underscoring ongoing federal disaster-response strain. The statement does not announce delivered disaster aid but shows the issue remained active and unresolved.
Ross stated that Kristi Noem was personally responsible for slowing the flow of federal aid dollars to support Helene reconstruction in Western North Carolina.
Assessments
The promise was to work to deliver real and immediate federal support to communities hit by natural disasters. The evidence shows Ross actively worked on this: she led calls for major federal disaster relief for North Carolina, introduced the FEMA Administrative Reform Act to speed recovery dollars, and backed a housing package containing the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act. However, the strongest evidence also shows the key disaster-recovery provision was stripped before final passage, and other statements indicate federal aid flow remained delayed and disrupted rather than clearly delivered. Because she made serious legislative and advocacy efforts but the record here does not show she actually secured the promised outcome, this is best judged as not fulfilled with an effort badge.