AUSTIN – Today, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $13,000,000 in Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) funds for affordable infrastructure projects in Hidalgo County and the City of Pasadena. The DRRP is designed to utilize remaining Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support communities with outstanding unmet needs from federally declared disasters.
"Every recovery dollar we invest is a step toward a brighter, stronger future for Texas families," said Commissioner Buckingham. "By delivering these funds directly into communities still carrying the burden of past storms, we are helping rebuild more than roads and homes—we’re restoring confidence, hope, and resilience. The GLO is proud to stand with Texans as they rise, rebuild, and thrive once again."
For more detailed project descriptions, please visit the Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) webpage and click on “Approved DRRP Projects Descriptions” in the drop down menu under DRRP Overview and Guidance.
Texas GLO Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) Background:
The GLO is administering the funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. HUD set deadlines for the expenditure and close out of the CDBG-DR grants. HUD approved amended state action plans for the Hurricanes Ike and Dolly (2008), 2015 Floods, 2016 Floods, Hurricane Harvey (2017), 2018 South Texas Floods, and 2019 Disasters grants to include the Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP), which allows the GLO to utilize de-obligated and unutilized funds within each action plan.
Combined, these six programs yielded approximately $151 million in available funds; however, the GLO received more than $1.4 billion in project submissions. Each approved project underwent eligibility analysis based on the grant used to fund it. As funds continue to be identified through the deobligation process, the remaining funds will be reallocated to this program for each grant.
Failure to complete the projects and finalize HUD’s closeout process will result in HUD initiating the recapture process, which means any funds used towards incomplete projects must be repaid to HUD. Due to the gravity of the deadlines, the GLO can only consider projects that can be completed in enough time to allow for the close out process.
For more information or to submit projects, please visit recovery.texas.gov/DRRP. The action plans outlining the scoring criteria are available at recovery.texas.gov/action-plans.
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