FEMA’s Community Disaster Loan Program: History, Analysis, and Issues for Congress
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42527.pdf
The Community Disaster Loan Program provides financial assistance to local governments that are having difficulty providing government services because of a recent disaster. This report compares and analyzes three different categories of loans issued in different time periods in the program’s history. Also considers issues for Congress in considering amendments to the program. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists