The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) submitted comments on the draft substantial amendment to the Florida Action Plan for the use of federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. The DHRC calls for greater resources to address rental housing needs and for setting deeper income targeting within its rental housing programs to reach households with the lowest incomes. The DHRC reasserts that per HUD’s Federal Register the state action plan notice must first address unmet housing needs before proposing to use CDBG-DR funds for economic revitalization and infrastructure and it must demonstrate that there are no remaining unmet housing needs or show how those remaining unmet housing needs will be addressed with other funding sources. The DHRC also calls for the state action plan to ensure that rebuilding plans address the infrastructure needs of all communities equitably and for the implementation of the Disaster Housing Assistance (DHAP) program, among other proposed changes. Read the comments at: http://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Amendment-State-Action-Plan-DHRC-Comments_110518.pdf
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