CFRTF - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/cfrtf/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 07 Jul 2022 01:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CFRTF - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/cfrtf/ 32 32 103504436 Formula for Allocating Future Flood-Mitigation Funding Deceives https://houstonnewmedia.org/formula-for-allocating-future-flood-mitigation-funding-deceives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formula-for-allocating-future-flood-mitigation-funding-deceives Thu, 07 Jul 2022 01:47:39 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33565 How do you fairly allocate flood-mitigation funds? Voters have argued about that since the day Harris County Commissioners Court redefined the conventional meaning of “equitable” with the first equity formula in 2019. Since then the formula has changed several times to ensure low-to-moderate income (LMI) areas continue to receive the lion’s share of mitigation funding, […]

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]]> 368366 Harris County Commissioners Approve Final Members and Coordinator for Community Flood Resilience Task Force https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-approve-final-members-and-coordinator-for-community-flood-resilience-task-force/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-approve-final-members-and-coordinator-for-community-flood-resilience-task-force Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:15:43 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24684 At the 3/9/2021 meeting, Harris County Commissioners Court approved the final members and a coordinator for the Community Flood Resilience Task Force. Commissioners established the Task Force last October to ensure “equity” in flood bond spending after months of debate. At the time, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and the four commissioners each appointed one […]

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