Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Meets with Harris County and City of Houston Leaders to Discuss Future of Disaster Recovery Funding and How to Best Serve Houstonians
AUSTIN – Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., continues her proactive outreach to elected members of Harris County, City of Houston, and the Texas Legislature regarding the Hurricane Harvey disaster recovery mission. Additionally, the Commissioner appeared before a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, to further discuss the state’s disaster recovery efforts as well as other Texas General Land Office (GLO) priorities. Read More
Funds to improve street, water and drainage facilities approved in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties
AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $12,510,997 in disaster recovery funds for 13 federally eligible infrastructure projects to help Texas communities recover from the 2018 South Texas Floods. Read More
Dr. Dawn Buckingham Makes History as First Woman Sworn into Texas’ Oldest Agency
Today, Dr. Dawn Buckingham was sworn in as the 29th Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office (GLO), making history as the first woman to hold this office in Texas. Commissioner Buckingham was issued the oath of office at the Texas State Capitol by the Honorable Judge Melissa Goodwin of the Third District Court of Appeals, Place 4. After the formal ceremony, Commissioner Buckingham spoke to all in attendance, including family, friends, supporters, as well as hundreds of Texans from every corner of this great state. Read More
Texas GLO Reopens Homeowner Assistance And Reimbursement Programs in the RGV
Texas GLO Reopens Homeowner Assistance and Reimbursement Programs in the RGVGLO encourages homeowners impacted by 2018 & 2019 flooding disasters to review document checklist, apply now AUSTIN — Today, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) officially reopened the application for the Homeowner Assistance and Reimbursement Programs (HARP) in the Rio Grande Valley counties of Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy. Through HARP, the GLO is focused on rebuilding homes damaged in 2018 and 2019 flooding disasters through repair or reconstruction of owner-occupied single-family homes. Read More
Texas GLO Reabre los Programas de Asistencia y Reembolso para Propietarios de Viviendas en el RGV
Texas GLO Reabre los Programas de Asistencia y Reembolso para Propietarios de Viviendas en el RGVGLO alienta a los propietarios de viviendas afectados por los desastres de inundaciones de 2018 y 2019 a revisar la lista de verificación de documentos, aplica ahora AUSTIN Hoy, el Texas General Land Office (GLO, por sus siglas en inglés) reabrió oficialmente la solicitud para los Programas de Asistencia y Reembolso para Propietarios (HARP, por sus siglas en inglés) en los condados de Cameron, Hidalgo y Willacy en el Valle del Río Grande. Read More
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. 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. Read More
Texas GLO Posts Amendment 11 to Hurricane Harvey State Action Plan for Public Comment
Today the Texas General Land Office (GLO) posted Amendment 11 to the State Action Plan for $5.676 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) for a federally required 30-day public comment period. Action Plan Amendment 11 is available for review at https://recovery.texas.gov/public-notices/index.html. Amendment 11 maintains the $1.2 billion in CDBG-DR funds to continue to address unmet recovery needs within the City of Houston. Read More
Deadline to Apply for the Homeowner Assistance and Reimbursement Programs HARP is Aug 31, 2022
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