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Hillsborough County approves $95M for infrastructure and $208.4M for single‑family housing under CDBG‑DR
Summary
On May 6 the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved $95 million for seven infrastructure projects and appropriated $208.4 million for a single‑family housing program under the Rebuilding for Tomorrow CDBG‑DR program to aid homeowners affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
On May 6, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved $95 million in Rebuilding for Tomorrow funds for seven infrastructure projects and appropriated $208.4 million for a single‑family housing program to help homeowners affected by recent hurricanes. Katie, with Hillsborough County Communications and Digital Media, summarized the board actions during a public recap.
The Rebuilding for Tomorrow funds are part of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) program and are administered by Hillsborough County with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Katie said. The $95 million will support seven infrastructure projects that the county listed as drainage improvements, ditch and drain restoration, culvert replacements, an emergency power‑outage beacon, stormwater pump stations, a low‑pressure sewer system and flood‑mitigation environmental land restoration.
The board also appropriated $208.4 million for a single‑family housing program designed to assist homeowners whose properties were damaged in hurricanes Helene and Milton. Katie said the program is expected to help approximately 1,000 single‑family homeowners who owned their property when it was impacted by the storms. "To apply for assistance or learn more about the program, visit rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov," Katie said.
The actions approved by the board were described in the meeting recap; the transcript does not provide roll‑call vote tallies or names of movers and seconders. The county said the funds are intended to support recovery and resilience work in affected neighborhoods; specific project schedules, contracts or contractor selections were not detailed in the recap.
Next steps: County staff will proceed with program implementation and any required administrative steps for CDBG‑DR expenditures and project delivery; applicants are directed to the county web portal for program details and application instructions.
