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This week’s HUD events include:
- Disaster assistance announced after severe storms and flooding in HI
- Survivors of severe storms and winds in KS getting disaster assistance
Disaster assistance announced after severe storms and flooding in HI
Date Posted: February 16, 2022
Federal disaster assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been announced for survivors of severe storms in areas of Hawaii between December 5th and 10th of last year.
President Biden issued a major disaster declaration for the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County on February 15, 2022. After the storms caused flooding and landslides, the HUD assistance will help state and local recovery efforts.
Effective immediately, HUD is:
- Providing immediate foreclosure relief in counties covered by the major disaster declaration
- Making mortgage insurance available
- Making insurance available for both mortgages and home rehabilitation
- Sharing information on housing providers and HUD programs
- Providing flexibility to Community Planning and Development Grantees
- Providing flexibility to Public Housing Agencies
- Ensuring HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are ready to assist
- Assisting with housing discrimination
More information about this Hawaii disaster assistance can be found here.
Survivors of severe storms and winds in KS getting disaster assistance
Survivors of severe storms and straight-line winds in areas of Kansas on December 15, 2021 will receive disaster assistance from HUD to help state and local recovery efforts.
A major disaster declarations was issued by President Biden on February 17, 2022 for the Counties of Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearny, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Meade, Mitchell, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Ness, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sheridan, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, and Wyandotte.
Effective immediately, HUD is:
- Providing immediate foreclosure relief in counties covered by the major disaster declaration
- Making mortgage insurance available
- Making insurance available for both mortgages and home rehabilitation
- Sharing information on housing providers and HUD programs
- Providing flexibility to Community Planning and Development Grantees
- Providing flexibility to Public Housing Agencies
- Providing flexibility to Tribes
- Ensuring HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are ready to assist
- Assisting with housing discrimination
More information about this disaster assistance for Kansas can be found here.