Description:
Smart Home America (SHA) is a not-for-profit (501c3) organization that was founded in 2009 to create resiliency from the community level up. SHA has built a successful, adaptable approach to strengthening communities by improving building codes and methods, supporting mitigation funding and incentives, and educating on state and local resilience policies. By providing technical assistance, creating effective collaborations and partnerships, sharing solutions and leveraging resources, SHA has brought awareness to the risks we face and the vulnerabilities of our built environment. The work of Smart Home America has lead to real-world improvements to the way we build and insure homes, and changes to policy, codes and law, making a growing number of communities stronger in the face of severe weather.