Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is asking the federal government for $750 million in direct mitigation aid for Harris County amid backlash from the county and the city of Houston after both local governments were passed up in a $1 billion round of Hurricane Harvey assistance administered May 21 by the Texas General Land Office.
Bush announced on May 26 he is submitting his request to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the county to receive the direct funding.