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Hillsborough County moves ahead with $709M HUD disaster recovery award, approves housing program and seven infrastructure projects
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners on a CDBG-DR grant "just north of $709,000,000," and the board voted 6-0 to receive the report, approve a single-family housing program (about $211 million for repair/replacement) and authorize seven initial infrastructure projects; public commenters asked that $2.1 million from a removed parcel be retained for affordable housing.
Hillsborough County commissioners on Feb. 18 received a status briefing on a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) award and approved several related actions, including a single-family housing program and seven initial infrastructure projects.
Rob Hendrickson, management-and-budget official and the county's CDBG-DR program manager, told the board the county has an award "just north of $709,000,000," that funds must be expended by May 15, 2031, and that 70% of the grant must show benefit to low- and moderate-income (LMI) individuals. "This is a reimbursement-based grant," Hendrickson said, adding the county will be reimbursed as projects proceed.
Audrey Ziegler, social services director and housing program lead, presented the proposed single-family housing program. She said about $211,000,000 is dedicated to single-family repair and replacement, with eligibility initially set at households up to 80% of area median income (AMI) and the action-plan amendment allowing expansion to as high as…
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