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After the homes are removed, the land will be maintained as open space to reduce future flood damages in the area as a part of FEMA's long-term commitment to help Texas and its communities recover from Harvey and to become more resilient.

Combined with the $500 million August 2018 capital markets reinsurance placement, FEMA has transferred $1.82 billion of the NFIP's flood risk for the 2019 hurricane season to the private sector.

"Engaging both markets will create more competition and reduce the NFIP's risk transfer costs," FEMA said.

But the Texas and Florida houses of worship also demanded access to a limited pool of government grants for rebuilding, which FEMA policy had made available only to nonprofit organizations that provided emergency or essential, government-like services to the general public.

It requires extensive knowledge, not only of FEMA and the regulations it sets forth, but also of construction methods and materials, and local construction markets.

FEMA will use Sprint Direct Connect to send and receive critical information to first responders in times of national emergencies.

(NYSE: RPM), has signed a contract to acquire FEMA Farben & Putze GmbH (FEMA GmbH) of Ettlingen, Germany.

"FEMA's energy efficient cladding complements our Tremco illbruck building sealing technologies, allowing us to serve a larger portion of the market for energy efficient buildings," said Reiner Eisenhut, president and managing director of RPM BSG Europe.

"FEMA and their trailers are a joke," she said, explaining that the agency told residents they would have 18 months to live in the trailers, but also told them not to start rebuilding for six months.