Raleigh N&O
The U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development intends to publish within weeks a Federal Register notice that is required for North Carolina to receive a $168 million Hurricane Matthew disaster relief package, a HUD senior official said Friday.
Funds were included in the budget act signed into law in February 2018 and HUD announced nearly $16 billion in mitigation grant awards in April 2018, including $168 million for North Carolina and $157 for South Carolina. But the necessary register notice never came.
N.C. Republican Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis pushed to include a provision in a federal supplemental disaster relief bill earlier this summer requiring HUD to publish the notice by Sept. 4. In the House, Democratic Rep. David Price has used his position as chair of the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing HUD to push for release of the funds.
… HUD Secretary Ben Carson has heard repeatedly from North Carolina’s delegation in recent months.
Tillis met with Carson on Wednesday, according to a release from the North Carolina senator’s office, and encouraged the secretary to release the funds well before the September deadline.
In a statement, Tillis said, “Although relief from a natural disaster can never come soon enough, North Carolinians will now have additional resources that I fought hard to secure so that our state can rebuild more resiliently.”
Burr echoed Tillis in a statement Friday, saying, “For North Carolina another hurricane season has already begun. It’s critical we not only continue to recover from recent hurricanes, but also address the long-term vulnerabilities of communities to better prepare for future natural disasters.”
Funds were included in the budget act signed into law in February 2018 and HUD announced nearly $16 billion in mitigation grant awards in April 2018, including $168 million for North Carolina and $157 for South Carolina. But the necessary register notice never came.
N.C. Republican Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis pushed to include a provision in a federal supplemental disaster relief bill earlier this summer requiring HUD to publish the notice by Sept. 4. In the House, Democratic Rep. David Price has used his position as chair of the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing HUD to push for release of the funds.
… HUD Secretary Ben Carson has heard repeatedly from North Carolina’s delegation in recent months.
Tillis met with Carson on Wednesday, according to a release from the North Carolina senator’s office, and encouraged the secretary to release the funds well before the September deadline.
In a statement, Tillis said, “Although relief from a natural disaster can never come soon enough, North Carolinians will now have additional resources that I fought hard to secure so that our state can rebuild more resiliently.”
Burr echoed Tillis in a statement Friday, saying, “For North Carolina another hurricane season has already begun. It’s critical we not only continue to recover from recent hurricanes, but also address the long-term vulnerabilities of communities to better prepare for future natural disasters.”
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