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LetMyPeopleVote

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Sun May 22, 2022, 04:39 PM May 2022

Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid

Last edited Mon May 23, 2022, 01:51 AM - Edit history (1)

George P. Bush screwed Houston and Harris County



https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/08/texas-houston-harris-HUD-harvey-flood-aid/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

A Texas agency discriminated against communities of color when it denied more than $1 billion in federal relief funds sought by Houston and Harris County to help hard-hit areas recover from Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found.

The Texas General Land Office — the agency charged with distributing approximately $2 billion in federal funds for future flood preparation — initially awarded Houston and Harris County nothing when deciding where to send the money. At the time, local officials blasted the state agency, headed by Land Commissioner George P. Bush, for denying much-needed aid and called on the federal government to intervene.

HUD officials said the state agency’s method of doling out the funds “discriminated on the basis of race and national origin” and “substantially and predictably disadvantaged minority residents, with particularly disparate outcomes for Black residents,” according to a Friday letter detailing the result of a HUD probe. The land office is in violation of the Civil Rights Act as well as federal housing law, federal housing officials said.....

Local officials, meanwhile, applauded HUD’s finding.

“It’s not complicated: Harris County was ground zero for the heartbreaking impacts of Hurricane Harvey, and continues to be exceedingly vulnerable,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a statement. “The share of mitigation funds we receive from the federal government should reflect that reality.”
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Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 OP
Geroge P Bush sounds like a fucking monster.. Cha May 2022 #1
Jeb is the father of George P. Bush. TexasTowelie May 2022 #2
I know.. that's why I thought Cha May 2022 #3
The Bastard has the right credentials montanacowboy May 2022 #4
Texas hurricane relief has been disproportionately diverted to White communities--with a lower risk LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #5

Cha

(295,899 posts)
1. Geroge P Bush sounds like a fucking monster..
Sun May 22, 2022, 05:07 PM
May 2022

I thought he was in Florida.. screwing up that State.

💙💛

montanacowboy

(6,052 posts)
4. The Bastard has the right credentials
Sun May 22, 2022, 06:49 PM
May 2022

this is what they do!!!!!! it give them credence with their repuke audience

One more filthy rotten branch off the Bush tree (fuckers all of them)

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