pa-56-25-872: Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery; notice of amendments for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery

Summary

The Department of Community and Economic Development intends to amend its action plan for funds received to address unmet needs related to Hurricane Ida, awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Pub.L. No. 117-43 and Pub.L. No. 117-180. The purpose of the funding is to provide disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a qualifying disaster in 2020 or 2021. Under Pub.L. No. 117-43 and Pub.L. No. 117-180, the Commonwealth was allocated a total of $38.282 million and is required to expend at least $30,625,600 in Delaware and Montgomery Counties, which have been identified by HUD as the most impacted and distressed areas. The proposed amendments to the action plan involve reallocations between several activities: • Housing Rehabilitation : The budget for Housing Rehabilitation will increase by $300,002, bringing its revised total to $9,757,375. This additional funding is being reallocated from Multi-Family Housing Construction. • Multi-Family Housing Construction : The budget for Multi-Family Housing Construction will decrease by $300,002, with the revised total being $5,431,063.33. This reallocated amount will be transferred to Housing Rehabilitation. RICK SIGER, Secretary

The agency’s own summary, as published.