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More than $125 million was released today to Iowa by the federal government for disaster recovery efforts.
Iowa will receive $125,297,142 in federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In September, Congress appropriated more than $6 billion in supplemental funding for states that suffered natural disasters. Today, HUD allocated more than $2.1 billion of the $6.1 billion that Congress approved.
“Iowa still has a large amount of unmet needs as a result of last summer’s floods and storms, and these funds will help in our effort to rebuild,” Gov. Chet Culver said in a released statement. “I am hopeful that Iowa’s next allocation of emergency funding from HUD will be more significant, and I will continue to work with our members of Congress to make sure HUD hears our unified voice.”
This is the third installment of federal CDBG fund to be give to Iowa for flood recovery. The state received $85 million in CDBG funds in September and $72 million in early November.
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