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Residents, advocates press council for larger CDBG-DR housing allocation; council raises individual home-repair cap to $10,000
Summary
In public comment, dozens of residents and housing advocates urged the mayor and council to increase funding for home repair and housing programs in the city’s CDBG-DR package. Council approved an ordinance raising the per-home repair cap from $6,000 to $10,000.
Dozens of residents, neighborhood organizers and recovery advocates urged the City Council on June 24 to increase the city’s planned allocation of Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) funds for housing and home repair programs.
Speakers representing Texas Organizing Project, Strong Towns, the Union of Concerned Scientists and multiple community members described continuing unmet needs after last year’s storms and Hurricane Harvey, including leaking roofs, mold and substandard rebuilds. "Housing is the largest unmet need after last year’s storms," said Zoe Middleton of the Union of Concerned Scientists,…
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