Texas To Receive $5 Billion In Federal Grants For Disaster Recovery

Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coastal region on Aug. 25 and held the state hostage for several days resulting in over 40 inches of rain in areas like Houston...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Texas a little more than $5 billion in disaster funding to aid in recovery from Hurricane Harvey and previous flooding events.

Funding comes from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-DR) program to rebuild housing, businesses and infrastructure. The new funding is in addition to the $5 billion previously awarded to the state by HUD last year.

The CDBG-DR funds will provide $652,175,000 to assist in rebuilding damaged homes, businesses and infrastructure and $4,297,189,000 will be used for elevating homes, buying flooded properties and improving structures from wind and water.

In addition, Houston will receive $61,884,000 and San Marcos also will receive $24,012,000 for mitigation of flooding that occurred in 2015. The announcement of the new funding will allow local officials in Texas to implement a disaster recovery plan to identify needs in their communities for these funds.

This article was originally published by strategic partnerships inc.