WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated $108.9 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to support Nebraska’s disaster relief, long-term recovery and restoration efforts in the aftermath of the March 2019 floods.
This week, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register detailing rules and regulations for the use of these funds. As such, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development has officially begun the approximately six-month process that will culminate in the distribution of disaster recovery grant funds to Nebraska’s flood-impacted areas.
This funding is not directly available to individuals, business or homeowners.
The State of Nebraska is required to perform a number of steps before it can begin to distribute CDBG-DR funds. These steps take time, but ultimately will help to ensure that funding is distributed in the most impactful manner as possible to address Nebraska’s recovery needs.