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Western North Carolina will be receiving $1.65 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to help rebuild after Hurricane Helene, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards announced Monday.
Edwards advocated for the funds in the disaster supplemental bill that he co-sponsored and crafted as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and which has been signed into law, based on the many conversations he had with local leaders and citizens in WNC who were affected by the storm.
The $1.43 billion in CDBG-DR funds will be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city of Asheville will receive and administer $225 million in separate CDBG-DR funds.
These are two of many federal disaster assistance funds Edwards included in the bill, which also contains money for agriculture recovery, the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service and Department of Transportation funds to repair destroyed roads and bridges.
“Every dollar in the disaster supplemental bill that I advocated for as a House Appropriations Committee member was thoughtfully included to make sure that WNC is getting the tools and resources we need in this phase of recovery," Edwards said. "Recovering from Helene will be an ongoing process, and the CDBG-DR grant funds are another important step toward rebuilding our communities. I will continue to be a voice for North Carolina’s 11th District in the halls of Congress through every step of rebuilding our mountains.”
Among the highlights of the disaster supplemental bill were appropriations to: