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New HUD Measures Assist Kentucky Communities

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a package of regulatory and administrative waivers aimed at helping communities in Kentucky accelerate their recovery from tornadoes and severe storms that occurred in mid-December.

“HUD continues to enable swift response to these storms” said Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs Kevin Bush. “With these waivers, we are giving our state and local partners in Kentucky the flexibility they need to more expeditiously respond to the needs of low- and moderate-income disaster survivors and rebuild from these severe storms and tornadoes.”

The regulatory and administrative relief announced covers the following HUD programs:

To expedite the use of these funds, HUD’s state and local partners can now access a waiver through a new simplified notification process. HUD’s flexibilities include:

Click here [1] for more information on HUD’s assistance to victims of Kentucky’s recent natural disasters.