Tuolumne County/California Receives $70M HUD Award – Fire Resiliency
HUD AWARDS $1 BILLION THROUGH
NATIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE COMPETITION
13 states/communities to receive funding for resilient infrastructure and housing projects
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and the Rockefeller Foundation announced the winners of the $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). Secretary Castro traveled to Norfolk, Virginia where he joined Governor Terry McAuliffe in announcing the winners of the competition. Through NDRC, HUD will provide funding for resilient housing and infrastructure projects to states and communities that were impacted by major disasters between 2011 and 2013.
State of California:
The State of California will receive $70,359,459 in NDRC funding to pilot its Community and Watershed Resilience Program in Tuolumne County, which was severely affected by the 2013 wildfires. The Watershed Resilience Program will focus on supporting forest and watershed health, developing a bioenergy and wood products facility, and a community resilience center, which will create a long-term economically and environmentally sustainable program that can be replicated throughout the state.
The National Disaster Resilience Competition winners are:
States | Cities/Counties | ||
California | $70,359,459 | New York City | $176,000,000 |
Connecticut | $54,277,359 | New Orleans | $141,260,569 |
Iowa | $96,887,177 | Minot, ND | $74,340,770 |
Louisiana | $92,629,249 | Shelby County, TN | $60,445,163 |
New Jersey | $15,000,000 | Springfield, MA | $17,056,880 |
New York | $35,800,000 | ||
Tennessee | $44,502,374 | ||
Virginia | $120,549,000 |
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