HUD Archives: News Releases


HUD No. 13-166
Brian Sullivan
(202) 708-0685
For Release
Tuesday
November 5, 2013

HUD APPROVES TWO DISASTER PLANS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SPUR RECOVERY FROM IMPACTS OF 2011 STORMS
Luzerne and Dauphin Counties to restore damaged housing, infrastructure and businesses

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today approved two disaster recovery plans in Pennsylvania totaling $17.4 million to help Luzerne and Dauphin Counties to recover from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. These disaster plans will rely on grants provided earlier through HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

Earlier this year, HUD allocated $47 million to support long-term disaster recovery efforts in especially hard-hit areas throughout Pennsylvania. The following grantees requested HUD approve recovery plans totaling $17.4 million to allow them to begin implementing their recovery strategies.

Grantee
Approved Disaster Plans
Luzerne County
$9,763,000
Dauphin County
$7,632,000
TOTAL
$17,395,000

Read Luzerne County's disaster recovery plan (www.luzernecounty.org/uploads/images/assets/county/departments_agencies/office_of_community_development/
2013-08-16/Luzerne%20County%202013%20CDBG-DR%20Action%20Plan%20Final%20DRAFT%20130815.pdf).

Read Dauphin County's disaster recovery plan
(www.dauphincounty.org/government/Community-Economic-Development/Pages/default.aspx).

"This is another important step toward recovery and healing," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "Local planners will now be able to implement their recovery strategies for restoring and rebuilding housing, infrastructure, and businesses that have been affected."

The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, signed into law by President Obama on January 29th, included $16 billion in CDBG-Disaster Recovery funding. HUD will announce additional allocations throughout the year based upon the level of remaining needs to help other states and local communities impacted by natural disasters in 2011-2013.

HUD's CDBG-Disaster Recovery grants are intended to confront housing, business and infrastructure needs beyond those addressed by private insurance and other forms of public assistance. Using a combination of data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA), HUD identified those states and local communities requiring the greatest assistance to recover from devastating tornadoes in the Southeast and Missouri; remnants of Hurricanes Irene and Lee in the Northeast and New England; severe flooding in parts of North Dakota; and destructive wildfires in Texas.

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