Texas Waiting On Approval Of Post-Harvey State Action Plan

Two amendments were recently added- the first amendment to the $57.8 million action plan for Hurricane Harvey and the second amendment to the action plan for the 2016 flooding events have both been posted for public comment…

Last week the Texas General Land Office (GLO) sent its post-Harvey State Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for final approval. The plan details the distribution and eligible uses of $2.7 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) to assist Texas communities with long-term recovery following the hurricane. 

HUD has 45 days from receipt to approve the plan and, once the plan is approved, the GLO will be able to begin administering recovery programs across the 49 counties impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

According to GLO officials, future amendments to the action plan will outline the eligible uses of $2.3 billion by the city of Houston and Harris County.

Two amendments were recently added- the first amendment to the $57.8 million action plan for Hurricane Harvey and the second amendment to the action plan for the 2016 flooding events have both been posted for public comment.

The Hurricane Harvey amendment reallocates $8 million to the Harris County Residential Buyout Program. The amendment to the action plan for the 2016 floods now includes methods of distribution for each of the five most impacted counties to account for the third allocation from HUD.

In total, these two action plans account for $297 million in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to the state of Texas by HUD.

Comments on the amendments should be submitted by May 24.

This story originally published by Strategic Partnerships, Inc.