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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will publish an interim final rule (IFR) amending its regulations governing the Individual Assistance program to increase equity by simplifying processes, removing barriers to entry, and increasing eligibility for certain types of assistance under the program. Specifically, the IFR will: Increase eligibility for home repair assistance by amending the definitions and application of the terms safe, sanitary, and functional, allowing assistance for certain accessibility-related items, and amending its approach to evaluating insurance proceeds; allows for the re-opening of the applicant registration period when the President adds new counties to the major disaster declaration; simplifies the documentation requirements for continued temporary housing assistance; simplifies the appeals process; simplifies the process to request approval for a late registration; removes the requirement to apply for a Small Business Administration loan as a condition of eligibility for Other Needs Assistance (ONA); and establishes additional eligible assistance under ONA for serious needs, displacement, disaster-damaged computing devices and essential tools for self-employed individuals.  FEMA also makes revisions to reflect changes to statutory authority that have not yet been implemented in regulation, to include provisions for utility and security deposit payments, lease and repair of multi-family rental housing, child care assistance, maximum assistance limits, and waiver authority.