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Board bill 28 approves $5 million CDBG appropriation for tornado recovery
Summary
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen committee advanced an ordinance to appropriate $4,999,000 (reported in discussion as $5,000,000) in Community Development Block Grant funds for tornado relief, splitting the money into household assistance, debris/tree removal and home repair and seeking HUD waivers to speed deployment.
The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted to advance board bill 28, an ordinance to appropriate roughly $5 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to tornado recovery efforts.
The money will be directed by the Community Development Administration (CDA) into three primary uses: household assistance, debris and tree removal, and home repair. Noel Pfeffer, executive director of the Community Development Administration, told the committee the appropriation reflects unappropriated HUD allocations from 2018–2021 that the city discovered during its consolidated planning process.
“This appropriates $5,000,000 as part of a broader $7,400,000 substantial amendment to redirect CDBG … to support tornado recovery efforts,” Pfeffer said. He said the appropriation shown today represents available, unappropriated HUD formula…
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