# 119-hr-834: Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

119-hr-834, Disaster Assistance Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-834
- As of: 2026-05-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-834
- Congress: 119
- Title: Disaster Assistance Fairness Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-13

## Summary

**Extend federal disaster aid to condominiums, housing cooperatives, and manufactured housing communities.** It would add legal definitions for residential common interest communities, authorize debris removal for those communities when state or local officials certify a threat to life, health, safety, or economic recovery, and allow federal help to repair essential shared elements when households document their pro rata share. - Residents and households: People living in condominiums, cooperatives, or manufactured-home communities would become explicitly eligible for federal debris removal and repair aid. Households must document their pro rata share to get federal help for essential common element repairs. - Associations and community owners: Condominium associations, housing cooperatives, and manufactured housing community owners would be included in Stafford Act coverage and could receive assistance for shared structures like roofs, elevators, and utilities. - State and local officials: A written determination from a state or local government that debris threatens life, public health, safety, or the community’s economic recovery would be required to trigger federal debris-removal rules for these communities.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Disaster aid for condos, co-ops, manufactured homes: benefit, medium. If enacted, condos, co-ops, and manufactured housing communities (shared-housing communities) would be clearly eligible for federal disaster help. You could get aid to fix shared parts like roofs, exterior walls, HVAC, elevators, stairs, plumbing, electricity, and utility access, if you document yo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4583: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-834 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/834)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4583: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4583)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-834 (as of 2026-05-13).