Mississippi Disaster Recovery Action Plans
Economic Development Program
Gulf Coast Regional Infrastructure Program
Homeowner Assistance Program (Phase I, Phase II, Elevation Grants, Sold Home Program)
Port of Gulfport Restoration Program
Public Housing Program
Ratepayer and Wind Pool Mitigation Program
Small Rental Program (The Guidebook is now available)
Long Term Workforce Housing Program Partial Action Plan
Hancock County Long Term Recovery Program
Economic Development Program
The Economic Development Program is designed to assist local governments affected by Hurricane Katrina provide infrastructure to support economic development. The program provides grants or loans to local governments to assist companies in creating or retaining jobs. There is $340,000,000 allocated to this program. The Community Revitalization Program provides funds to local governments to help rebuild their downtown areas that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. There is $150,000,000 allocated for this program. $10,000,000 has also been allocated to local governments located in Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties to assist them in preparing community plans.
Economic Development Amendment 4 Modification 2
Mississippi’s Economic Development Action Plan provides activities for Economic Development, Community Revitalization and Planning. This modification will allow the use of Economic Development funds for the construction of employment training facilities specific to the metal fabrication trades and industry. Total funds allocated to the Economic Development Employment Training Facilities program will be $20 million.
The action plan is available for public comment through September 22, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Central. For a complete copy of this Modification, please select:
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed September 22, 2006)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Gulf Coast Regional Infrastructure Program
The Gulf Coast Regional Water and Wastewater Program identifies the water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure needs of the six Gulf Region counties of Hancock, Harrison, George, Jackson, Pearl River and Stone and provides infrastructure for long-term growth and recovery in these counties.
On August 31, 2006, HUD approved an initial $33,075,000 for emergency grants and the development of a Master Plan to determine the needs for water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure in the six coastal counties. HUD has approved an additional $608,000,000 for the implementation of the master plan. A total of $641,075,000 has been allocated to this program.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed May 15, 2007)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Homeowner Assistance Program
Phase I:
Phase I of the Homeowner Assistance Program is designed to provide financial assistance to those homeowners located outside the flood plain whose homeowner's insurance did not cover structural flood damage. For those homeowners who owned and occupied their property, the following types of dwellings are eligible for compensation grants under this program: single-family homes, owner-occupied duplexes and manufactured housing, including mobile homes.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed July 13, 2007)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Phase II:
Phase II of the Homeowner Assistance Program is a housing needs program to provide compensation and advisory services to homeowners who suffered storm surge damage to their primary residence as of August 29, 2005, from Hurricane Katrina. The amount of compensation will be up to a maximum of $100,000. Assistance will be available for homeowners who wish to repair, rebuild, or relocate.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed December 8, 2006)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Post Katrina Conveyance (Sold Home) Program:
Many coastal homeowners sold their damaged residences in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, before knowledge of Phase I or Phase II of the Homeowner Assistance Program was made publicly available. While applicants who sold their properties may ask the new owners of their damaged properties to voluntarily sign the covenant that must be attached to the property for the applicant to receive assistance, a number of new owners have not agreed to do so. This Sold Home Program will enable these applicants to qualify for the program.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed September 24, 2007)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Modification #11: Program Funding Reallocation
MDA is seeking to ensure that its ongoing CDBG-sourced direct housing recovery initiatives are fully funded to meet the homeowner assistance demand as continuously defined by eligibility determinations. Toward that goal, MDA will reprogram by this Modification $181,464,059 of its CDBG recovery package from four other CDBG funded recovery initiatives (the Water/Wastewater, Port of Gulfport, Economic Development and Community Revitalization Programs), as well as State Administration funds, to the Homeowners Assistance Program. Grants will be issued consistent with the existing Action Plan and related amendments and policies for the Homeowner Assistance Program and for those applications submitted by the prior deadline of March 15, 2008.
This Modification is available for public comment through Friday, September 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Central. For a complete copy of this Modification, please select
Modification #11.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed September 5, 2008)
Port of Gulfport Restoration Program
The Port of Gulfport Restoration Program provides funding to the Mississippi State Port Authority to facilitate the restoration of the Port of Gulfport’s public infrastructure and its publicly owned facilities that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. This program also provides for the long-term recovery of the operating capacity of the Port and is designed to increase the labor force on the Mississippi Gulf Coast by creating and returning jobs in the region, with an emphasis on low- to moderate-income jobs.
MDA is submitting the Port of Gulfport Restoration Program plan for public comment. To access the draft amendment, select: Amendment 5 -- Port Of Gulfport Restoration Program – Public Comment Version, Spanish Version, Vietnamese Version.
Written comments regarding this proposed amendment may be mailed to MDA, Attention: Disaster Recovery, Post Office Box 849, Jackson, MS 39205, or sent via facsimile to 601.359.9280. Comments may also be submitted online to actioned@mississippi.org.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed September 24, 2007)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Public Housing Program
The Public Housing Program will assist the five Housing Authorities located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with rebuilding and reconstructing public housing that was damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina. More than 90 percent of the nearly 2,700 public housing units operated by these five authorities were damaged in the hurricane, and approximately 10 percent of these units were totally destroyed.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed June 18, 2006)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Ratepayer and Wind Pool Mitigation Program
The Ratepayer and Wind Pool Mitigation Program helps utility and gas companies defray excessive costs associated with damaged infrastructure and providing emergency response services. In addition, this program also helps the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association (MWUA - wind pool) offset insurance premium increases. Without the State's grant program, all increased costs would eventually be passed on to the ratepayer resulting in additional utility and insurance costs to consumers.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed March 5, 2007)
Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Small Rental Program
The Small Rental Property Assistance Program provides loans to owners of small rental properties on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in order to assure these property owners provide affordable rental housing in the counties most affected by Hurricane Katrina. $262,500,000 has been allocated for this program, which will help in the repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the affordable housing stock in the areas most impacted by the storm.
Status: Public Comment Period CLOSED (Closed May 21, 2007)
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Small Rental Program to view a pdf file of an application guidebook of the Small Rental Assistance Program.
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Applicable Partial Action Plans & Modifications:
Long Term Workforce Housing Program
The Long Term Workforce Housing Program provides grants and loans to local units of government, non-profits and for-profit organizations to provide long term affordable housing in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, and Pearl River counties on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. An aggregate amount of $350 million has been allocated for this program, which will assist in the provision of homeownership and rental units in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina.
MDA is submitting the draft Action Plan for the Long Term Workforce Housing Program for Public Comment. MDA invites all interested parties to comment on the plan. Written comments may be submitted to:
MDA, Attn: Long Term Workforce Housing Program, 239 North Lamar Street, Jackson, MS 39201, or by facsimile to 601.359.4003. Comments may also be submitted via email to
publiccommentltw@mississippi.org. Comments will be received until April 18, 2008, at 5:00 p.m., Central Time.
Status: Public Comment Period OPEN (Until April 18, 2008)
Applicable Partial Application Plans & Modifications:
Hancock County Long Term Recovery Program
The Hancock County Long Term Recovery Program will assist local governments in Hancock County affected by Hurricane Katrina by allocating $200,000,000 to address the county's long term recovery efforts. The program allocates $160,000,000 to help rebuild their downtown areas, replace public facilities and make other public improvements. The program will also assist local governments by allocating $15,000,000 to support economic development and $25,000,000 for water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure needs of Hancock County.
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