Mayorkas says FEMA has no more disaster funds, but IG report says agency is sitting on billions
Homeland Security Inspector General says agency has billions in untapped funds for storm relief.
An August 2024 report from Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General noted, "As of October 2022, FEMA estimated that 847 disaster declarations with approximately $73 billion in unliquidated funds remained open."
The Inspector General report also finds that FEMA has been extending deadlines by up to 16 years for $7 billion worth of grants, sometimes without explanation. For example, FEMA is still sitting on $4.5 billion in unused, frozen funds for Super Storm Sandy, which happened 12 years ago, in 2012.