Hays County set to distribute $11.6 million in disaster funds

Hays County

Katerina.Barton on February 16, 2018

After almost three years, Hays County has finally received federal funding for disaster recovery from a pair of devastating flood events in 2015.

The county was given approximately $11.6 million for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Funds.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) distributed a total of $142,336,000 statewide for CDBG Disaster Recovery Funds. HUD allocated an original $7.4 million grant to Hays County in 2016, and later awarded another $4...

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