As the FEMA Review Council prepares its report, Cato policy analyst Dominik Lett offers a timely analysis on federal disaster spending that has ballooned from $19 billion to $32 billion over the past decade.

Lett identifies six major problems with FEMA’s current approach—including moral hazard, inefficiency, and geographic inequity—and proposes concrete reforms like raising disaster declaration thresholds, implementing state deductibles, and privatizing flood insurance.

Lett is available for interviews on disaster policy reform, federal spending, and the Trump administration’s stated goal to return disaster response to states.

Please reach out to Madison to schedule: mmiller@​cato.​org.