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The City of Houston has managed to preserve $1.2 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief funds, at least for now.
A judge granted the city’s request for a temporary injunction stopping the state from withdrawing the funding, the city said in a news release. The money will stay in place until the city and the Texas General Land Office settle a dispute over the funds at trial, the city said.
“The ruling today stops the GLO from taking actions that would have harmed our city's most vulnerable populations affected by Harvey, including low income, disabled individuals and people of color, who are protected by the Fair Housing Act through the city’s programs,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement
The money is from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city and the land office had a contract that said the city would administer the funds. But the land office proposed to take over some of the city programs, the news release said.
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