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Better Future Individual Housing Program
Pasco County Office of Disaster Recovery and Resources · County program
No per-home award amount stated; the broader Better Future initiative totals $585,704,000, with $305,000,000 allocated to housing.
Pasco County’s Better Future Individual Housing Program uses federal CDBG-DR money to help eligible homeowners repair, reconstruct, or elevate homes damaged by Hurricanes Idalia, Helene, and Milton. The county says the broader initiative includes about $585.7 million in total funding, with the individual housing program as the first rollout.
Program details
How it works
Pasco County’s Better Future initiative is the county’s allocation of Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The county says the Individual Housing Program is the first of several programs and is designed to help the community recover from major disasters and become more resilient in future events.
The page says the county’s overall funding plan was shaped by three factors: HUD requirements, community feedback, and disaster impact data. The page also lists the major funding buckets within Better Future, including Housing, Infrastructure, Mitigation, Administration, Economic Revitalization, Public Services, and Planning.
What the money covers
The page specifically identifies the housing program as supporting repair, reconstruction, and elevation (RRE) activities. It does not provide a narrower activity list for the individual homeowner award beyond those housing recovery uses.
Amounts and matching
The page does not state a per-home award amount. It does state the broader funding allocation for the Better Future initiative:
- Housing: $305,000,000
- Infrastructure: $130,022,800
- Mitigation: $76,396,000
- Administration: $29,285,200
- Economic Revitalization: $25,000,000
- Public Services: $10,000,000
- Planning: $10,000,000
- Total: $585,704,000
Within Housing, the page breaks out:
- Repair, Reconstruction, and Elevation (RRE): $155,000,000
- Manufactured Housing Program (MHR): $50,000,000
- Affordable Housing Construction: $100,000,000
The page does not mention any matching requirement for homeowners.
How to apply
The county says residents can learn more at mypas.co/BetterFuture. The page’s timeline says application templates were to be published in November 2025, and residents could submit applications starting when individual housing programs began rollout in December 2025.
Timing and deadlines
The page gives this tentative timeline:
- October 2025: publish individual housing program policies and procedures
- November 2025: publish application templates and host outreach events
- December 2025: individual housing programs begin rollout and residents can submit applications for eligible activities
- Winter 2026: remaining programs begin rollout
The page does not state a final application deadline.
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