FEMA Disaster Assistance Tracker: Housing by Disaster

Search FEMA's public Individual Assistance housing registrant data by disaster number or state. Get back damage type, assistance eligibility, and payout amounts per registrant, de-identified, straight from FEMA's own database.

Who this is for

• Disaster recovery contractors and nonprofits scoping unmet need by disaster or area before deploying resources.
• Journalists and researchers tracking disaster relief patterns and assistance gaps.
• Case managers and relief organizations understanding the scale and type of damage reported for a disaster.

Input

Field	Type	Description
disasterNumber	integer	FEMA disaster number, e.g. 4332. Provide this and/or state.
state	string	Two-letter US state code of the damaged property, e.g. "TX".
maxResults	integer (default 50)	Cap on registrant records returned.

{
  "disasterNumber": 4332,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output

One record per registrant:

{
  "disasterNumber": 4332,
  "damagedCity": "HOUSTON",
  "damagedStateAbbreviation": "TX",
  "damagedZipCode": "77036",
  "residenceType": "Apartment",
  "ownRent": "Renter",
  "primaryResidence": true,
  "householdComposition": 1,
  "grossIncome": 1800,
  "specialNeeds": true,
  "homeOwnersInsurance": false,
  "floodInsurance": false,
  "inspected": false,
  "destroyed": false,
  "floodDamage": false,
  "foundationDamage": false,
  "roofDamage": false,
  "rentalAssistanceEligible": false,
  "rentalAssistanceAmount": null,
  "repairAssistanceEligible": false,
  "repairAmount": null,
  "replacementAssistanceEligible": false,
  "replacementAmount": null,
  "sbaEligible": false,
  "id": "d214ed1e-951e-484b-b014-2a885a7ea234"
}

This is FEMA's public de-identified registrant dataset: no names or exact addresses, only city/state/zip and household-level detail. Covers large disasters only (FEMA's own dataset scope, not every declared disaster).

How it works

One direct call to the OpenFEMA Individual Assistance Housing Registrants API (fema.gov/api/open/v1/IndividualAssistanceHousingRegistrantsLargeDisasters), no scraping, no key, no proxy.

Pricing note

Billed per search, not per registrant record returned, one charge whether the search returns 1 record or up to the requested max.

Related products

• FEMA Flood Claims Lookup: NFIP flood insurance claim history, a narrower flood-specific signal
• Disaster Declaration Tracker: new FEMA disaster declarations, upstream of the assistance activity this actor tracks