Hurricane Harvey Flood Mitigation Plan: US Department of Housing and Urban Development Approves $750 Million GLO Plan for Harris County

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) – On Saturday, two members of Congress discuss the decision to give Harris County $750 million in response to Hurricane Harvey.

A press conference will be held around 9:30 a.m. in Houston with congressmen Al Green and Sylvia Garcia.

This plan will give federal money for flood mitigation to Harris County.

Last week, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that the Texas General Land Office discriminated against Houston and Harris County on the basis of race and national origin when it initially excluded them from a state competition for disaster funding after Hurricane Harvey approved by Congress. .

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On Friday, HUD announced that it is awarding more than $1 billion to our region for flood mitigation projects. However, he did not specifically mention the city of Houston.

Then, at Saturday’s briefing, Green announced that Houston would not receive any money in the plan.

Earlier this week, Mayor Sylvester Turner released a statement, saying, “If any city desperately needed those dollars for flood mitigation and resiliency, it’s the City of Houston. It is not fair funding and it is simply unacceptable.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she was grateful for the funding.

“As soon as the funds arrive, the people of Harris County can rest assured that we will not waste a minute to apply this substantial influx of dollars in a fair, equitable and timely manner – as we have done with our own local dollars” , said Hidalgo.