The Biden administration is allocating nearly $3 billion in disaster relief funding to cover recovery efforts by multiple state and local governments.
The Community Development Block Grants, announced Tuesday, include $2.2 billion to 10 local governments and 13 state governments for 16 major disasters that took place in 2021. These include wildfires in California and Colorado, ice storms in Texas, and damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in multiple states from Louisiana to New Jersey.
An additional $723 million is being sent to five previously announced recipients of disaster relief grants for incidents dating back to 2020 -- including Hurricane Sally in Alabama and Florida, and Hurricane Zeta in Mississippi. The extra money, according to a statement from HUD, will cover a"higher level of need than previously calculated for disasters in those states."
Tuesday's announcements finish the original $5 billion in disaster relief funding provided by Congress last year. Marcia Fudge, secretary of the Department of Housing and Development, said in a statement that the new allocations"will strengthen recovery efforts and improve long-term, inclusive resilience to future disasters and climate impacts."Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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