The real property reporting and disposition standards apply to the following types of HMA projects, for the useful life of the real property, that the non-federal entity acquires or improves:
- Community safe rooms and tsunami vertical evacuation refuge: The retrofit of an existing facility or construction of a new community safe room or tsunami vertical evacuation refuge, which are intended to protect a specific population, are considered improvements to real property.
- Property acquisition: To acquire property to be dedicated and used in perpetuity for open space for the conservation of natural floodplain functions. Because the non-federal entity acquires title to the property, the non-federal entity must comply with the property standards and reporting requirements. To the extent that FEMA’s regulations for property acquisition and relocation for open space in 44 CFR Part 80 differ from the disposition and reporting requirements in 2 CFR § 200.311 and 2 CFR § 200.330, FEMA’s regulations at 44 CFR Part 80 govern.
- Other mitigation measures: Mitigation reconstruction, structure elevations, flood risk reduction measures, non-residential building floodproofing and retrofitting are considered improvements to real property.