Department of Housing and Urban Development October 16, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This Notice advises the public of a third allocation of Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) funds appropriated by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113-2) for the purpose of assisting recovery in the most impacted and distressed areas identified in major disaster declarations due to Hurricane Sandy and other eligible events in calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013. This allocation provides $2,504,017,000 to assist Hurricane Sandy recovery. Included in this allocation is $930,000,000 to implement projects from the HUD-sponsored Rebuild by Design competition, described in Federal Register Notices 78 FR 45551 (July 29, 2013), and 78 FR 52560 (August 23, 2013). The first and second allocations for recovery from Hurricane Sandy totaling $10,509,000,000 were published, together with program requirements, at 78 FR 14329 (March 5, 2013) and 78 FR 69104 (November 18, 2013). Additional notices at 78 FR 23578, 78 FR 46999, 79 FR 17173, and 79 FR 40133 have provided clarifying guidance, additional waivers, and alternative requirements. This third allocation brings total funding to recover from the impacts of Hurricane Sandy and other eligible events in the Sandy-affected region to $13,013,017,000. The Notice also establishes requirements governing the use of these funds.