Though Houston and Harris County expected to receive roughly half the funds, matching their share of the damage, the land office - led by Land Commissioner George P. The GLO held a competition and developed scoring criteria to select recipients because there were not enough funds to cover every project sought in the 49 eligible Texas counties. The finding concerns the state agency’s process to dole out more than $2 billion in federal funds, awarded to Texas in early 2018, to pay for projects aimed at tempering the effect of future storms. Department of Housing and Urban Development found the Texas General Land Office discriminated against minority residents and ran afoul of federal civil rights protections when it denied flood mitigation aid last May to the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey. In a decision that could redirect millions of dollars in flood relief to Houston, the U.S. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less That complaint resulted in a finding Tuesday that the GLO discriminated against communities of color, which could redirect millions in funds to Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 8 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph outside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 7 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph inside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph inside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph inside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph inside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, poses for a photograph outside her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of8ĭoris Brown, who filed a civil rights complaint with HUD about GLO's distribution of Harvey mitigation funds, points to a retention pond which was recently built behind the neighborhood, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Houston. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the GLO discriminated against minorities when it denied Houston and Harris County any federal flood mitigation money during its first round of funding. Bush listens to Executive Director of the Harris County Flood Control District Russell "Russ" Poppe Nov. Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P.
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