Nearly two years after hurricanes Helene and Milton inundated neighborhoods across Pinellas County, the first storm-damaged homes have entered reconstruction under the county’s disaster recovery program.
The work is being carried out through the People First Home Rehabilitation and Reconstruction program, a federally funded initiative offering up to $375,000 for eligible homeowners to repair or rebuild primary residences damaged in the 2023 and ’24 hurricanes, according to Pinellas County program materials.
The program is funded through an $813 million Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, designed to address unmet housing and infrastructure needs following major disasters…