CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The US Department of Housing and Urban Development says it plans to release disaster relief funds faster.
FEMA provides disaster relief after big events like the 2008 flood and the 2020 derecho in eastern Iowa, but it’s HUD that steps in afterwards to help fund the rebuilding of destroyed buildings and houses.
HUD gives federal dollars to disaster relief efforts through what’s called the community development block grant…