Hurricane Harvey Information

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• Uniform Relocation Act (URA) Houston: If you lived in one of the designated apartment complexes and were displaced due to the City of Houston disaster recovery buyout program, you may be owed past-due relocation assistance.
• Homeowner Assistance Program ($1.334 billion): Provides funding for rehabilitation and reconstruction of owner-occupied single-family homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
• Local Buyout and Acquisition Program($189 million): Remove Homes from Harm’s Way.  This program administered by local governments and entities with eminent domain authority, allows for the buyout or acquisition of eligible homes at pre- or post-storm fair market value, helping homeowners relocate to safer, lower-risk areas outside of floodplains. 
• Homeowner Reimbursement Program($100 million): Allows homeowners to be reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred for repairs to their home including reconstruction, rehabilitation or mitigation up to $50,000.
• Affordable Rental Program ($586 million): Provides funding for rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction of affordable multi-family housing units in areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
• Affordable Rental Housing ($588 Million): Provides funds to help rehabilitate, reconstruct and construct 81 multifamily rental housing damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in 48 eligible counties outside of the city of Houston and Harris County, which requested and were granted direct allocations of funds from HUD to conduct housing programs.
• Texas Back in Business ($100 million): Allows for interim assistance to small businesses (up to $250,000) impacted by Hurricane Harvey through deferred forgivable loans in exchange for job creation or retention for low-to-moderate income employees. Small business within Harris County and the city of Houston will be eligible to apply for this program.
• Local Infrastructure Program ($413 million): Repairs, enhances and restores infrastructure for local communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey as part of a comprehensive long-term recovery program. Match for FEMA Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs may be eligible.
• Local, Regional & State Planning ($137 million): In collaboration with local communities, the GLO will conduct planning studies in the impacted areas with the purpose of promoting sound regional long term recovery.
• Harris County - Direct Allocation ($896 million): Harris County has elected to develop their own local recovery programs with exception of the Economic Revitalization Program.
• GLO's Homeowner Assistance Program in Harris County Harris County homeowners affected by Hurricane Harvey who need help in repairing or rebuilding their homes can now apply for assistance with the GLO.   
• GLO's Homeowner Assistance Program in Houston homeowners affected by Hurricane Harvey who need help in repairing or rebuilding their homes can now apply for assistance with the GLO.
• Short Term Housing The GLO Hurricane Harvey Short Term Housing mission is a locally led, state supported and federally funded effort to return Texans to their homes and communities as quickly and safely as possible. 
• Temporary Housing Following the events of Hurricane Harvey, the GLO was asked to stand-up a temporary housing program funded by FEMA. This was the first time a state had been asked to run this type of program and magnitude.  Now that the program has ended the GLO remains ready, to serve Texas in this manner, if and when called upon. 
• Partial Repair & Essential Power for Sheltering (PREPS) In 2017 following Hurricane Harvey, the GLO was the first state agency in history to administer a Direct Housing Mission with financial and technical support from FEMA. 

Through multiple appropriations from Congress, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated more than $5.676 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery funds to the State of Texas for long-term disaster recovery. The GLO will administer these funds for housing, infrastructure and planning through state and local programs.

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As dictated by each federal register, the GLO is required to publish a number of policies and reports online. The following sections are intended to satisfy those requirements. 

• HUD DRGR
• Quarterly Legislative
• Contract Reporting
   

In addition, website updates are made per applicable federal register requirements. This website is updated frequently and above the monthly minimum requirement. To view a full listing of required reports, visit grant-administration/reports/index