TDHCA will hold a five-day public comment period on the draft ESG RUSH Second Amendment to the 2024 State of Texas Consolidated Plan: One-Year Action Plan (the Plan), from 8:00 a.m. Central time on March 31, 2025, to 5:00 p.m. Central time on Friday, April 4, 2025. A public hearing for this item will occur at 2 p.m. on April 2, 2025. Information can be found in another listing for the event on this TDHCA calendar. 

TDHCA, on behalf of the State of Texas, has accepted a second special allocation of Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funding. This funding is provided under the ESG Program, and is in response to the President's major disaster declarations dated July 9, 2024, DR-4798-TX, for Hurricane Beryl, May 17, 2024, DR-4781-TX, for severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) determination that these disasters were severe enough to activate its TSA program.

The provided edits to the 2024 One-year Action Plan reflect the intended uses of funds received by the State of Texas from HUD under the ESG RUSH funding announcement published in the Federal Register edition dated July 18, 2024. 

The Amendment may be accessed from TDHCA's Public Comment Web page at https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/tdhca-public-comment-center. Anyone may submit comments on the Plan in written form or oral testimony at the April 2, 2025, public hearing. In addition, written comments concerning the Plan may be submitted in the following ways:

1.    by mail to: The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 
Housing Resource Center, P.O. Box 13941, Austin, TX 78711-3941

2.    by email to: info@tdhca.texas.gov  

Comments may be submitted at any time during the comment period. Comments must be received no later than Friday, April 4, 2025, at 5 p.m., Central Time. 

Individuals who require auxiliary aids or services at the public hearing should contact Elizabeth Yevich, at (512) 463-7961 or Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989 at least three days before the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Non-English speaking individuals who require interpreters at the public hearing should contact Danielle Leath by phone at (512) 475-4606 or by email at danielle.leath@tdhca.texas.gov at least three days before the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Personas que hablan espanol y requieren un interprete, favor de llamar a Danielle Leath al siguiente numero (512) 475-4606 o enviarle un correo electronico a danielle.leath@tdhca.texas.gov por lo menos tres dias antes de la junta para hacer los preparativos apropiados.