Key Strategies

  • Using funding from existing federal sources, like FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance.

  • Utilizing HUD Community Development Block Grants.

  • Repurposing state revolving funds or existing fees (like stormwater fees) for resiliency efforts.

  • Allowing Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for use on resiliency projects.

  • Exploring new bonding options, like green and resiliency bonds.

  • Creating new resiliency-focused infrastructure banks.

  • Allocating money from carbon pricing for resiliency efforts.