AUSTIN — Today the Texas General Land Office (GLO) posted Amendment 6 to the 2016 State Action Plan for $238.895 million in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) for a federally required 14-day public comment period. The amendment details how $9,311,313.78 in unused housing funds will be reallocated from housing to infrastructure activities in Newton County’s Method of Distribution (MOD). Newton County also reclassified the $5 million for Deweyville ISD from housing to infrastructure.

The amendment has been published for public comment on the GLO's recovery website at recovery.texas.gov/public-notices. All public comments submitted to cdr@recovery.texas.gov by 5:00 p.m. on August 26, 2021, will be considered. Per federal requirements, the GLO will respond to public comments before the amendment is sent to HUD for final approval.