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2024-10-01 21:53:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3495AB1640F53F0796A8D8E8A27BBE1EEA0725B7FEBD8B6975F6F49934DC87DE
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The $236.5M was not received from emergency FEMA funds, but rather was from from long-term HUD grants. A further $300M was granted by Congress, a slower process that FEMA is meant to bypass. HUD: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article242407496.html HUD: https://www.ncdps.gov/news/press-releases/2019/05/14/gov-cooper-hurricane-florence-long-term-recovery-appropriations HUD: https://www.route-fifty.com/infrastructure/2024/04/north-carolina-tried-rebuild-affordable-housing-after-hurricane-it-took-half-decade/395436/?oref=ge-homepage-noscript-river Congress: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article143143254.html Speed of different funding sources: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/why-does-disaster-recovery-take-so-long-five-facts-about-federal-housing-aid-after-disastershttps://www.urban.org/urban-wire/why-does-disaster-recovery-take-so-long-five-facts-about-federal-housing-aid-after-disasters
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