Federal officials are threatening to take Texas to court over the way the state distributed $1 billion in storm mitigation project funds after Hurricane Harvey, alleging a state agency discriminated against Black and Hispanic residents in the process.
The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shared its findings in a March 4 letter following complaints by Houston-area advocates last year that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) had used discriminatory criteria for its Hurricane Harvey State Mitigation Competition.