Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The Bucks County Commissioners approved additional funding this week to help residents displaced by the July 12 flooding event and Hurricane Ida.
Through the Bucks County Department of Housing and Community Development, the commissioners approved directing $200,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant to the nonprofit Bucks County Opportunity Council.
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The money is an amendment to an existing contract with the nonprofit.
The money will be used to provide temporary housing for Bucks Countians left homeless by the July 12 flash flooding event and Hurricane Ida.
Jeffrey Fields, director of the Bucks County Department of Housing and Community Development, said the Bucks County Emergency Rental Assistance (BERA) Program has so far helped just under 40 families displaced by the two flooding events. The housing program additionally helped 31 people and families experiencing homelessness this year.
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While there has been some aid for the July 12 flooding event, it did not qualify for federal disaster grants. County and state money has been set aside for some aid.
Hurricane Ida victims are able to apply for federal disaster grants.
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