HUD Katrina Accomplishments - One Year Later; 2006.

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HUD Katrina Accomplishments – One
Year Later
Community Planning and Development
On December 30, 2005, President Bush signed
the FY 2006 Defense Appropriation Act providing
$11.5 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster supplemental
funding to the areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.
On April 4, 2006, Secretary Alphonso Jackson approved Mississippi's initial Disaster
Action Plan to distribute $3.4 billion in CDBG disaster supplemental funds. In its
plan, the state indicated that it will make one­time
grants of up to $150,000 to aid
households whose primary residences were located outside of pre­Katrina
designated flood zones. In addition, eligible homeowners will receive grants of up to
$30,000 to defray costs associated with elevating homes to meet new elevation
requirements. The remaining $1.6 billion allocated to the state is planned to assist
Mississippi's public housing authorities, unmet infrastructure needs, and other
disaster­related
recovery needs. To date, Mississippi has expended over $15
million in CDBG disaster supplemental funds.
On May 1, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved Alabama's supplemental CDBG
Disaster Action Plan and awarded the state $74,388,000. The state will distribute
funds to local jurisdictions and Indian tribes to address housing and infrastructure
needs.
On May 9, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved the state of Louisiana's initial
supplemental CDBG Disaster Action Plan and awarded the state $368.4 million in
CDBG disaster supplemental funds to help meet the state's infrastructure needs,
provide interest­free
small business bridge loans and support long­term
planning
efforts. On May 30, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved an amended plan and
awarded an additional $4.6 billion of the state's original $6.2 billion to fund
Louisiana's Road Home Program. This program provides up to $150,000 to eligible
homeowners whose primary residences were located outside pre­Katrina
designated
flood zones and were destroyed or severely damaged following Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. To date, Louisiana has expended almost $30 million of their total
allocation.
On May 22, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved Texas's supplemental CDBG Disaster
Action Plan and awarded the state $74,523,000 to target unmet housing and
infrastructure needs in the East Texas counties hit by Hurricane Rita.
On July 11, 2006, at the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, HUD's Deputy
Secretary Roy A. Bernardi, Chairman Donald E. Powell, the Federal Coordinator for
Gulf Coast Rebuilding, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, and New Orleans Mayor
Ray Nagin announced an additional $5.2 billion in emergency CDBG funding for the
Gulf Coast states to support long­term
recovery from last year's hurricanes. As
requested by President Bush, $4.2 billion was allocated to the state of Louisiana.
HUD conducted panel meetings with the other states to discuss allocation requests
and data used to make those findings. On August 18, 2006, Secretary Jackson
announced these allocations as follows: Texas ­$
428 million, Mississippi ­$
423
million, Alabama ­$
21 million and Florida ­$
100 million.
On July 26, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved Florida's supplemental CDBG Disaster
Action Plan and awarded the state $82,904,000, its entire allocation under the first
supplemental. The Disaster Action Plan designates at least 70% of the funding to
restore the state's affordable housing stock.
HUD is using its Disaster Recovery Grant Report system to comply with quarterly
Congressional reporting requirements and to aid in the detection and prevention of
fraud, abuse, or mismanagement.
HUD and IRS partnered to create nine workshops co­hosted
by Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas communities that detailed the $8.6 billion in Gulf Opportunity
Zone benefits and $1.1 billion in Renewal Community benefits available to stimulate
local reinvestment and new investment and provide information on the twenty­six
Gulf Opportunity Zone tax incentive provisions. HUD and IRS are also working jointly
on the Earned Income Tax Credit and media outreach to promote usage of the Gulf
Opportunity Zone incentives.
Office of Housing
On June 30, 2006, the Federal Housing Administration provided a limited extension
of the foreclosure moratorium provided by Mortgagee Letter 2006­12
in that some
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