Overview

• The city holds $314 million in federal disaster recovery aid to address damage from Hurricane Beryl and a May 2024 derecho.
• An initial draft action plan earmarked only $50 million for home repairs, directing the bulk of funds to generators and resilience projects.
• Council Member Tiffany Thomas introduced an amendment to double the home-repair allocation to $100 million.
• The additional $50 million would come from scaling back the city’s backup power generator budget.
• Full Houston City Council approval of the revised plan is scheduled for August 14.