HUD allocated $225 million in Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding to Asheville to address unmet disaster-related needs. The city held a series of public ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The city of Asheville said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved it’s action plan for spending $225 million in Community ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rejected Hurricane Helene repair efforts in Asheville, N.C., because the city’s proposed recovery plan features a diversity, equity and ...

On March 4, the city released a 125-page document detailing how to use $225 million HUD allocated to help Asheville with disaster recovery from Helene. The original plan outlined Helene’s fierce ...

Mayor Esther Manheimer and City Manager Debra Campbell joined North Carolina Governor Josh Stein in welcoming U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Adrianne Todman at ...

HUD announced $3 million for North Carolina to support people experiencing homelessness in communities affected by Helene in an Oct. 10 release.

It is also important that HUD receives the additional funding the people of Asheville will need for long-term recovery.” The department has taken an active role in responding to the disaster.

Nov. 1 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Friday said $1.7 million is going to Asheville, N.C., to assist in Hurricane Helene recovery. The money will go toward ...

The city of Asheville assured the department it would update the plan to be in compliance, the release said. “Once again, let me be clear DEI is dead at HUD,” Turner said in the release.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner wrote that “DEI is dead at HUD.” “We will not provide funding to any program or grantee that does not comply with President Trump’s executive orders,” he said.

And then we have to submit it to HUD for approval. And all those steps have to be followed before we can receive any of the allocated funds — $225 million in this case for the city of Asheville.” ...

Asheville subsequently made revisions to the plan and resubmitted it to HUD. While awaiting approval on the revised plan, the department signed off on North Carolina’s action plan that sought $1 ...