HUD CDBG-DR Grants Texas

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Texas is managed by the state grantee listed below to support disaster recovery.

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Federal Register Published Notices: Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice (UN AAN)

State of Texas

  • 2024
  • DR-4781, DR-4798
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Texas General Land Office (GLO)
  • Unmet needs: $483,206,000
  • Mitigation: $72,481,000
  • Total allocated: $555,687,000

Harris County, Texas

  • 2024
  • DR-4781 DR-4798
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $58,544,000
  • Mitigation: $8,782,000
  • Total allocated: $67,326,000

Houston, Texas

  • 2024
  • DR-4781 DR-4798
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $273,604,000
  • Mitigation: $41,041,000
  • Total allocated: $314,645,000

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for Texas between 2020 and 2025:

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4871-TX Flood 2025-05-21 2025-03-26 2025-03-28
DR-4798-TX Hurricane 2024-07-09 2024-07-05 2024-07-09
DR-4781-TX Flood 2024-05-17 2024-04-26 2024-06-05
DR-4705-TX Winter Storm 2023-04-21 2023-01-30 2023-02-02
DR-4586-TX Severe Ice Storm 2021-02-19 2021-02-11 2021-02-21
DR-4572-TX Hurricane 2020-12-09 2020-08-23 2020-08-27
DR-4485-TX Biological 2020-03-25 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Texas

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

Obscurity: 3 (Rating: 0 = Easy, 3 = Difficult, 5 = Impossible) – How difficult Texas makes it for citizens to find the state's grant website.

Key Takeaways.

Where does the state of Texas publish the required HUD CDBG-DR notices and action plans?

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Texas CDBG-DR Grantee website should be easy. However, these websites are often hidden in plain sight for state managers and are not actually published in a way that citizens can easily locate or understand. Check your state's obscurity rating to see how accessible the grant website really is.

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