Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces $45 Million in Newly Approved Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) Projects
AUSTIN – Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $45,164,822 in Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) funds for affordable multifamily housing projects in Cameron, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo and Jefferson counties as well as street improvements in Liberty County. DRRP is designed to utilize de-obligated and unutilized Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in communities with outstanding unmet needs. The funds are allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and therefore must adhere to federally mandated deadlines and policies.
"The GLO is setting a record pace in administering disaster recovery funds across several disasters," said Commissioner Buckingham. "As we complete our disaster recovery programs, we are collecting any remaining funds to be put towards helping Texas communities with remaining needs before time runs out. The GLO is working with the communities to approve eligible projects that can be completed before federal deadlines so that we don’t waste a cent of available housing and infrastructure funds.”
Grantee | Project Title | County | Amount |
2008 Hurricanes Ike and Dolly | |||
| San Juan Housing Authority | San Juan Cottages Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Hidalgo | $2,000,000 |
| Mission Housing Authority | Anacua Village Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Hidalgo | $2,000,000 |
| Mission Housing Authority | Anacua Senior Village Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Hidalgo | $2,000,000 |
| Mission Housing Authority | Conway Village Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Hidalgo | $2,000,000 |
| Galveston Housing Authority | Gulf Breeze, Holland House, and Oaks I Repairs | Galveston | $6,957,024 |
| Galveston Housing Authority | Oleanders at Broadway Drainage Improvements | Galveston | $859,090 |
| Baytown Housing Authority | Lincoln Court Water and Sewer System Repairs | Harris | $1,500,000 |
2017 Hurricane Harvey | |||
| Galveston Housing Authority | Villas on the Strand Water Damage Repairs | Galveston | $6,848,708 |
| Harris County Housing Authority | Bernicia Place Authority Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Harris | $10,000,000 |
| Port Arthur Housing Authority | Bellbrook Estates Wind and Water Damage Repairs | Jefferson | $1,000,000 |
| Port Arthur Housing Authority | Brittany Place Townhomes Storm Damage Repairs | Jefferson | $2,000,000 |
| Port Arthur Housing Authority | Lakeview Palms Wind and Water Damage Repairs | Jefferson | $2,000,000 |
2019 Disasters | |||
| Brownsville Housing Authority | Buena Vida Senior Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Cameron | $2,000,000 |
| Brownsville Housing Authority | Buena Vida Family - Miraflores Affordable Multifamily Housing Development | Cameron | $2,000,000 |
| Brownsville Housing Authority | El Jardin Affordable Multifamily Housing Historic Structure Conversion | Cameron | $2,000,000 |
| Total Approved | $45,164,822 | ||
For more detailed project descriptions, please visit the Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) webpage and click on “Approved DRRP Project Descriptions”.
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. The GLO amended and HUD approved 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. Each includes the new 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 $140 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 https://recovery.texas.gov/action-plans.
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