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Council presses staff on reallocation of CDBG disaster funds as port projects seek additional support
Summary
Council members questioned why CDBG disaster-recovery funds earmarked for Hurricane Sally home repairs are being reallocated to port and infrastructure projects; housing staff said Florida Commerce required reallocation or return and that staffing and timeline constraints made the original homeowner program infeasible.
During the agenda conference the City Council reviewed several Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) items and asked staff to explain a recommended reallocation of funds to Port of Pensacola projects.
Council Vice President Breyer and other members asked whether moving CDBG-DR money to port road-and-rail improvements would defund home-repair projects previously intended for West Side and East Side neighborhoods. Housing staff said the housing program could not be deployed within the…
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