The grants were unanimously approved by the Mayor s Disaster Relief Fund advisory committee.
The committee is chaired by former U.S. Ambassador and current Hunt Consolidated Senior Vice President Jeanne Phillips.
The other members of the committee are the Dallas Foundation President and CEO Matthew Randazzo, UT Southwestern Vice President for Community and Corporate Relations Ruben Esquivel, the Beck Group s Executive Chairman Peter Beck, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, and Mayor Eric Johnson s Chief of Staff Mary Elbanna.
“Last week’s brutal winter storms and catastrophic power outages tested our city’s resolve and our resilience, but our generous donors and the work of our grant recipients show the interminable strength of our communities,” Mayor Johnson said. “The people of Dallas are our city’s greatest asset, and I am thrilled that we will be able to help them recover and rebuild.”
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Texas is expected to receive about $1.9 billion in federal rental assistance funding approved by Congress in December.
With rental assistance on the way, communities are scrambling to get ready to actually hand out the money to people who need it.
Two days after Christmas, President Donald Trump signed legislation that would send $25 billion-worth of assistance to struggling renters across America. It was part of that big coronavirus relief package passed by Congress.
Jessica Galleshaw, director of Dallas’ Office of Community Care, said it feels like she’s building a plane in mid-air. Her office will deploy $40 million of incoming federal rental assistance.