On June 5, CSFI held a joint webinar, led by Senator Cassidy and Representative Pallone’s staff, and co-hosted with the American Policyholders Association and Organizing Resilience.  Over 200 members across the three organizations registered for this event.  Presentations from the webinar – providing an overview of NFIP’s importance and ongoing affordability challenges – may be viewed here.

Now, we ask that interested parties sign on to the Reform NFIP Letter to House and Senate Leadership, by providing your name and affiliation via the linked form.  This letter precedes reauthorization and reform efforts, motivated by NFIP’s forthcoming September 30 reauthorization deadline.

To supplement congressional engagement, you may sign onto ongoing programming of our co-hosts:

• The American Policyholder Association is a non-profit watchdog organization that promotes integrity, honesty and best practices in the property loss adjustment sector of the insurance industry. The APA is the only organization in the country that defends consumers from insurer fraud by vetting complaints of criminal fraud & where warranted, refers cases to public prosecutors for investigation.  You can join the APA here, or contact Douglas Quinn, Executive Director, at dquinn@apassociation.org
• Organizing Resilience, housed at the Amalgamated Foundation, is a new initiative coordinating national and local expertise to develop the tools, talent, and networks that will allow movement organizations, the philanthropic community, and government leaders to respond to both the humanitarian and political crises that unfold during and after moments of disaster.  You may get involved here, or contact Amanda Devecka-Rinear, Founder and co-CEO, at amanda@newjerseyop.org.
• Housing Louisiana, a longtime CSFI member, presented on affordability challenges of Risk Rating 2.0.  Housing Louisiana is a statewide alliance with a mission of  addressing the need for affordable housing and housing security for all families in regions across Louisiana.   See partners and reach out with inquiries here, or contact Chair Andreanica Morris at amorris@housingnola.org.