Two Nebraska communities awarded a total of $2.55 million for affordable housing that helps replace stock lost to flooding | Nebraska Examiner

LINCOLN — Two Nebraska communities are to receive state grants totaling $2.55 million for affordable housing that helps replace dwellings lost in the 2019 floods.

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development, in a news release Friday, said that the Housing Foundation for Sarpy County was awarded $1.95 million to build 13 homes west of Offutt Air Force Base.

Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity was awarded $600,000 to construct four homes in Dodge County, also for households with low-to-moderate incomes.

The funds come from the Affordable Housing Construction Program-Homeownership Production Program (AHCP-HPP), which facilitates the construction of affordable housing and targets areas federally designated as most distressed from the 2019 flooding disaster. The target area includes Dodge, Douglas and Sarpy Counties.

DED officials said that distribution of federal and state aid has been ongoing since the floods occurred. They said that interest in disaster recovery housing programs has exceeded expectations and that the DED continues to analyze program allocations to meet demands.