Texas GLO's Don't Ignore Campaign Wins Lone Star EMMY®
The Texas General Land Office (GLO), in collaboration with 1820 Productions and Proscalar, created an incredibly captivating commercial to promote flood insurance among Texas homeowners and renters. The Don’t Ignore public service announcement was filmed over a series of four days in a 30,000 gallon tank in Central Texas. The shoot took more than 1,460 hours, 50 crew and a lot of specialized equipment to complete. Read More
Texas General Land Office and 1820 Productions Collaboration Nominated for Lone Star EMMY®
The Texas General Land Office (GLO), in collaboration with 1820 Productions, created an incredibly captivating video to promote flood insurance among Texas homeowners and renters. The Don’t Ignore video was filmed over a series of four days in a 30,000 gallon tank in Central Texas. The shoot took more than 1,460 hours, 50 crew and a lot of specialized equipment to complete. Read More
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AUSTIN — Today the Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced the application for the Homeowner Assistance and Reimbursement Program (HARP) will close at 5 p.m. on Aug. 31, 2022. Applications are currently being reviewed in all eligible counties affected by flooding events in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in 2018 and 2019, as well as Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019. Read More
Cmr. George P. Bush and Texas GLO Celebrate More Than 5,600 Homes Rebuilt
AUSTIN — Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush proudly announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has completely rebuilt more than 5,600 homes for Texas families through the Homeowner Assistance Program (HAP). This achievement marks an important milestone in a program that is anticipated to rebuild about 8,000 homes using $2 billion in available Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Read More
General Land Office Earns Top Honors from National Association of Government Communicators
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) was recently awarded first-place honors by the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) for its natural disaster preparedness public service announcement campaign, Don’t Ignore Your Risk. The NGCA’s Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards are an annual international awards program that recognizes superior government communication products and those who produce them. Read More
Cmr. George P. Bush Announces Launch of Texas GLO’s Resilient Communities Program
Today Commissioner George P. Bush announced the launch of the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Resilient Communities Program (RCP), which will fund the development, adoption, and implementation of modern and resilient building codes and flood damage prevention ordinances to ensure that structures built within the community can withstand future hazards.The GLO allocated up to $100 million in Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds from the U.S. Read More
RESS RELEASES SAVE TEXAS HISTORY LIMITED EDITION COFFEE TUMBLERS NOW AVAILABLE
AUSTIN — Today, at the request of Harris County, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) posted Amendment 5 to the Hurricane Harvey State Action Plan for $57.8 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for a federally required 14-day public comment period. Read More
Texas GLO opens application for 2018/2019 infrastructure grant competition
Today, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced the opening of the application process for more than $81 million in disaster recovery funds for infrastructure projects to help Texas communities recover from the 2018 South Texas Floods, Tropical Storm Imelda and the 2019 Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood. The GLO is administering the funds allocated by the U.S. Read More
GLO to reschedule virtual public hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at 6 p.m., extend comment period to Sept. 29 at 5 p.m.
Today the Texas General Land Office (GLO) posted Amendment 1 to the Mitigation State Action Plan for $4.3 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) for a federally required 30-day public comment period. Among other cåToday the Texas General Land Office (GLO) is announcing it will reschedule the virtual public hearing for Amendment 1 to the State Action Plan for $4.3 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Mitigation (CDBG-MIT). The hearing is part of the federally required 30-day public comment period. The amendment was published Aug. Read More
Texas General Land Office to celebrate completion of two affordable rental housing complexes in Aransas Pass and Victoria
Today, August 10, the Texas General Land Office disaster recovery team will celebrate the completion of two multifamily housing complexes to replace affordable rental housing damaged or destroyed in Hurricane Harvey. The GLO awarded $8,650,000 to rebuild Coastal Bend Crossing, an 80-unit affordable rental complex in Aransas Pass, in addition to $18,375,435 to rebuild the Fox Run Apartments, a 150-unit multifamily community in Victoria. Read More