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Hillsborough County OKs $211 million CDBG-DR single-family housing program to aid storm-affected homeowners
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Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a HUD CDBG-DR report and a proposed single-family housing program allocating $211,339,196 to assist about 1,000 homeowners affected by recent hurricanes and approved seven related infrastructure projects to address flooding.
Hillsborough County’s Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 18 received and approved a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) report that includes a proposed single-family housing program. Demores, Hillsborough County communications and digital media, said the program allocates $211,339,196 in grant funding under the county’s action plan and is expected to assist approximately 1,000 single-family homeowners, including mobile-home owners, who owned their property when it was impacted by hurricanes referenced in the transcript.
The program was presented to the board as part of a broader CDBG-DR action-plan amendment, according to Demores. The report also included an initial list of seven infrastructure projects selected to address or mitigate flooding across the county, grouped into neighborhood drainage improvements, permanent pump-station projects, and culvert repair or replacement. Demores said the estimated cost for phase 1 projects is approximately $9,000,000.
County staff framed the single-family program as a targeted recovery measure for properties damaged in the storms; the county did not provide a detailed disbursement schedule or timeline in the recap. The transcript uses the phrasing 'hurricanes Killeen and or Milton' when describing the affected events; the board’s materials should be consulted for official storm names, project schedules and eligibility rules.
The board approved the report and the initial project list during the meeting; no vote tallies or individual mover/second names were provided in the transcript. Next steps described were administrative: incorporating the program into the county action plan and moving forward with project scoping and implementation, subject to grant rules and further staff reports.
The county directs interested residents to its materials for program criteria and application details; the board’s approval authorizes staff to continue work under the CDBG-DR action plan.
