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Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

October 3, 2025

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The Frame

What this does

The bill establishes a new funding stream for individual homeowners to perform disaster-resilience upgrades, with the program capped at 10% of existing annual funds and set to expire on September 30, 2030.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Homeowners

Individuals may receive grants for disaster-resilience retrofits if they demonstrate financial need.

State and local governments

These entities will receive federal assistance to distribute as grants to individuals for residential retrofits.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

The agency is responsible for establishing and managing the pilot program and submitting a report to Congress.

What changed

Last recorded activity October 3, 2025.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill creates a new federal pilot program to provide grants to homeowners for retrofitting their houses to better withstand natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, and wildfires. It also updates federal disaster relief laws to require the use of the two most recent editions of building codes for hazard mitigation projects.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the new home retrofit grants?
The program provides grants to individuals who demonstrate financial need, as determined by state or local governments receiving the assistance.
What types of home improvements are covered?
Covered projects include elevation of homes and utilities, floodproofing, tornado safe rooms, , wildfire mitigation, and wind retrofits like roof replacements and hurricane straps.
When does this program end?
The pilot program is scheduled to terminate on September 30, 2030.

Why It Matters

The bill establishes a new funding stream for individual homeowners to perform disaster-resilience upgrades, with the program capped at 10% of existing annual funds and set to expire on September 30, 2030.

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift100% confidence

Codification of 'Latest' Standards

The bill explicitly defines 'latest published editions' of building codes as the two most recent, standardizing the requirement for federal disaster relief projects.

Connected Entities

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  • Controversy20
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  • Entertainment5
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