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Hillsborough County staff outline plan to use about $700 million in CDBG disaster-recovery funds, stress HUD rules and LMI requirement
Summary
County financial staff said they have 45 days after consultant work to finalize an action plan for roughly $700 million in HUD CDBG disaster-recovery funds; 70% must benefit low-to-moderate-income areas and 15% must be used for mitigation. Staff recommended focusing much of the funding on infrastructure projects tied to storm damage.
Hillsborough County staff briefed commissioners April 23 on the newly announced Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) allocation the county is preparing to administer, describing a fast-moving timetable, federal rules that limit use of funds, and staff recommendations to prioritize large infrastructure projects.
Tom Fessler, chief financial administrator, said the county received notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it would receive what his presentation discussed as roughly $700,000,000 in CDBG-DR funds. Fessler said the county did not apply for the funds but that HUD awarded the allocation; staff hired a consultant (Indelible Solutions) to draft the action plan the county must submit to HUD. “Based on the federal requirement, the funding must be spent in the following categories: housing, economic revitalization, infrastructure, mitigation planning, public service, and administration,” Fessler said.
Fessler described key federal constraints that will steer programming: at least 70% of expenditures must benefit low-to-moderate-income (LMI) individuals or areas tied to the…
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