The Department of Housing and Urban Development is overhauling its disaster recovery efforts to better serve communities that face the direct impacts of climate change, officials will announce Wednesday, Axios‘ Ayurella Horn-Muller reports.
Driving the news: This includes more than $3.3 billion in grants to localities around the U.S. for equitable disaster relief and resilience.
Details: Florida, Alaska, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico will receive varying proportions through Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds, which are aimed at low- and moderate-income populations, officials said.
By the numbers: Most of the money — over $2.7 billion — has been earmarked for communities across Florida, many of which are still recovering from Hurricane Ian, which slammed the state last year. (Lee County will receive the highest allocation: over $1 billion.)
- Communities throughout Kentucky, where parts of the state were hit by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in 2022, will receive nearly $300 million.
- Puerto Rico will receive over $166 million for recovery following landslides and Hurricane Fiona, which devastated the island.
How it works: The more than $3.3 billion in CDBG-DR funds is slated for recovery and resilience purposes in response to disaster events, which the agency noted includes climate disasters.
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