General Land Office - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/general-land-office/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:52:17 +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 General Land Office - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/general-land-office/ 32 32 103504436 GLO Rebuilds Its 2000th Home in Houston, Harris County https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-rebuilds-its-2000th-home-in-houston-harris-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-rebuilds-its-2000th-home-in-houston-harris-county Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:52:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=46306 Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has rebuilt its 2000th home – in Houston and Harris County alone – since Hurricane Harvey. Many more projects are under construction or in the approval process here and in other counties throughout Texas.. GLO rebuilt the home through its Homeowner […]

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]]> 804410 GLO Approves $66.4 Million in Regional Mitigation Projects https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-approves-66-4-million-in-regional-mitigation-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-approves-66-4-million-in-regional-mitigation-projects Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:38:42 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=46036 7/18/2024 –  Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved another $66,402,284 in regional mitigation projects. The money will go toward projects that improve roads, water detention, drainage and sewer systems. The projects are within the cities of Baytown, Brenham, Centerville, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Houston, Jasper, Plantersville, Seadrift […]

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]]> 797175 GLO Releases Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-releases-texas-coastal-resiliency-master-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-releases-texas-coastal-resiliency-master-plan Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:35:22 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=38908 Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. released the 2023 Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan (TCRMP) last month. It proposes a framework that addresses coastal hazards as well as investments that protect natural and man-made coastal environments.  The plan includes 52 Tier 1 priority projects in the Houston/Galveston area including 4 in Harris County. 121 Projects […]

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]]> 586393 $750 Million MOD Going to GLO https://houstonnewmedia.org/750-million-mod-going-to-glo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=750-million-mod-going-to-glo Sat, 01 Oct 2022 18:48:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35561 On September 8th, the Harris County Community Services Department (CSD) distributed a schedule showing that it would complete the first draft of its Method of Distribution (MOD) for spending $750 million in mitigation funding by the end of the month. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

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]]> 438433 How to Speed Up Flood Mitigation Funding: Part II https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-to-speed-up-flood-mitigation-funding-part-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-speed-up-flood-mitigation-funding-part-ii Sun, 09 May 2021 19:24:50 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25881 Today marks the 1349th day since Hurricane Harvey. That’s also how long it took the United States to win World War II. To date, we’ve studied problems, made bold plans and, in a few cases, actually started constructing flood mitigation projects. But none of the $2.1 billion allocated for Texas flood mitigation by the US […]

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]]> 126973 GLO Announces Homeowner Assistance, Reimbursement Programs for Imelda https://houstonnewmedia.org/glo-announces-homeowner-assistance-reimbursement-programs-for-imelda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glo-announces-homeowner-assistance-reimbursement-programs-for-imelda Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:11:31 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25321 Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has announced locations of regional Homeowner Assistance and Reimbursement Programs (HARP) offices in advance of the application release for help from Tropical Storm Imelda. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) allocated $137.8 million of Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). […]

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