SBA Form Aims to Speed Up Disaster Repairs Past Permit Delays
Published Date: 3/4/2026
Notice
Summary
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is asking for your thoughts on a form disaster survivors use to speed up repairs when local permits take too long. This affects businesses and homeowners recovering from disasters and could make getting help faster and easier. You’ve got until May 4, 2026, to share your ideas—no money changes yet, just a chance to improve the process!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Builder's Certification Lets Repairs Proceed
If you are a business or homeowner recovering from a declared disaster and face substantive delays obtaining state or local permits, you may submit SBA Form 3520 (Builder's Certification) and then proceed with real property repairs, rehabilitations, or replacements after submitting the form.
Paperwork Burden: 6,000 Responses, 3,000 Hours
The SBA estimates the Builder's Certification (SBA Form 3520) will generate 6,000 annual responses and a total estimated annual hour burden of 3,000 hours for disaster loan borrowers and their contractors, subcontractors, or agents.
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