Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 834 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 834 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2025 Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Assistance Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(13) Residential common interest community.--The term `residential common interest community' means any nonprofit mandatory membership organization comprising owners of real estate described in a declaration or created pursuant to a covenant or other applicable law with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a unit, is obligated to pay for a share of real estate taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses related to, common elements, other units, or any other real estate other than that unit described in the declaration. ``(14) Condominium.--The term `cond