#ALTACITIES link for HOA attention for relief, emergency assist : H.R.2887 | https://t.co/F1t2QwLXTw + https://t.co/uI61ooY1kL — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) January 14, 2016   FEMA "Show You Care" HEADLESS CUT from Headless Productions on Vimeo . Keyword : FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency   @ fema  is the one government department that most comes to mind when disaster strikes.  Even though the agency is well represented in today's 'social current see', as in 442K followers, there is much to learn about how, when, and how often FEMA responds when citizens call.  The tweet at the top of this post helps send us in that direction. Slowly making its way through Congress is H.R. 3700, called the “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015,” introduced in October 2015.  Ostensibly, the bill is an effort to help eliminate FEMA discrimination on how condos and condominium units are treated by FEMA.  You can read more at...

(CALIFORNIA) Earthquake, fires, floods, mudslides, wind storms.  All of these are potential dangers to people and properties in the Golden State.  Any one of these disasters is a potential nightmare for any homeowner, but possibly worse for members of a common interest development (or HOA) where members have the individual and collective obligation to repair, replace and rebuild property to ensure survival of the association, even though no one but God and circumstance can grant survival to the homeowner. Flip②▶ Altacities  ®   SUBSCRIBE Tweets about disasters [ View the story "Sleepless in the neighborhood" on Storify ]

(CALIFORNIA) As the largest state in the US with nearly 40 million people, one might think that disaster preparedness is top-of-mind for these 58 counties and 482 municipalities, plus 43,000 HOAs. Scan the following clips, links, clips, and 'social current see' to confirm that, indeed, the topic is of great interest, and sometimes action. Flip②▶ Altacities  ®   SUBSCRIBE Tweets by @TheRedGuide [ View the story "Disaster preparedness in focus for Calif. cities and 'altacities' (HOAs)" on Storify ]