North Carolina on Track to Start Sending Housing Recovery Funds to Hurricane Matthew Survivors Next Month
The funds are part of the ReBuild NC program, made possible by
"We're continuing to push to get assistance to the families, businesses and communities working to recover while making sure taxpayer dollars are being used effectively," said
Funds are available to help qualified low- and moderate-income families and individuals with Hurricane Matthew housing recovery.
Hurricane Matthew Housing Application Centers are currently open in
Applications for the funds go through a detailed process requiring multiple checks for eligibility, duplication of benefit, environmental reviews, and more. Staff are working with applicants to ensure applications are completed quickly.
In addition to the original approximately
Historically,
CDBG-DR funding is just one part of the work underway to help
"Our goal is rebuilding stronger and better so
FEMA Administrator
Among the other efforts already happening to help families, businesses and communities recover from the storm:
1. Helping families, businesses and communities recover. More than
2. Assisting families as they rebuild. As of this morning, 37 families remained in
3. Developing Affordable Housing. NCEM is working with local communities and counties, along with the NC Community Development Initiative and the NC Development Finance Initiative, to increase affordable housing in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew. One of the toughest challenges to recovering from Hurricane Matthew has been the lack of affordable housing stock in many eastern
4. Helping communities become more resilient to better weather future disasters.
Through
NCEM continues working with the particularly hard-hit communities of
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