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Governor Announces Funds for Flood Buyouts
DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.
The funding is part of the $516.7 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds announced last month. The funding Culver announced Friday is the first round of awards made to 20 cities and counties to cover homes not eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency buyouts. According to Culver, 852 homes to be bought out are located in Cedar Rapids. In addition to Cedar Rapids homes eligible for the funds are located in the Oakville area, Cedar Falls, Mason City, Iowa City and Waverly, among other cities. The first round covers homes in the 100-year flood plain, poses a health and safety concern to the community, or have been determined to be substantially damaged. A list of awards is below: Cedar Rapids Number of properties approved: 852 Funds approved: $95,474,137 Oakville (Zone X) Number of properties approved: 124 Funds approved: $7,929,015 Cedar Falls Number of properties approved: 101 Funds approved: $10,259,180 Mason City Number of properties approved: 71 Funds approved: $8,517,455 Iowa City Number of properties approved: 52 Funds approved: $11,665,530 Louisa County (Rural Oakville) Number of properties approved: 32 Funds approved: $3,322,951 Waverly Number of properties approved: 28 Funds approved: $3,757,234 Des Moines Number of properties approved: 19 Funds approved: $815,460 Davenport Number of properties approved: 18 Funds approved: $2,213,380 Des Moines County Number of properties approved: 16 Funds approved: $1,953,030 Dyersville Number of properties approved: 10 Funds approved: $1,100,000 Johnson County Number of properties approved: 8 Funds approved: $1,413,308 Olin Number of properties approved: 7 Funds approved: $490,924 Waterloo Number of properties approved: 4 Funds approved: $261,180 Coralville Number of properties approved: 3 Funds approved: $320,958 Blackhawk County Number of properties approved: 2 Funds approved: $323,719 Cedar County Number of properties approved: 2 Funds approved: $104,579 Muscatine County Number of properties approved: 1 Funds approved: $228,769 LaPorte City Number of properties approved: 1 Funds approved: $125,060 Eddyville Number of properties approved: 1 Funds approved: $40,453 Total number of properties approved: 1,352 Total funds approved: $150,316,322 More Good Stuff |
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