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Disaster Assistance Loans

Program Information

Popular name

7(b) Loans

Program Number

59.008

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

To provide loans to the survivors of declared disasters for uninsured or otherwise uncompensated physical damage and economic injury.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2022

    In FY 2022, the SBA approved natural disaster loans totaling over $1.96 billion, which provided disaster loan assistance for 338 disasters throughout the country. The SBA coordinated outreach at several major events including the deadly Kentucky tornadoes and floods, East and Gulf Coast hurricanes, and wildfires in the Pacific West. Additionally, 522 disaster survivors used the SBA’s mitigation option in disaster loans, which serves as an Agency Priority Goal.

    For more information about SBA accomplishments, access the SBA Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Report: https://www.sba.gov/document/report-congressional-budget-justification-annual-performance-report

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

13 CFR Part 123; "Disaster Loans for Homes and Personal Property, "Physical Disaster Business Loans" and "Economic Injury Disaster Loans".

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Individual/Family
  • Land/Property Owner
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Small business

Additional resources