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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Pooja Salhotra

Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston still hasn’t allocated $200 million in relief funds

Workers sort through piles of flooded belongings at an apartment complex near Greens Bayou in the Greenspoint area of  Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, days after Tropical Storm Harvey dissipated.
Workers sort through piles of flooded belongings at an apartment complex near Greens Bayou in the Greenspoint area of Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, days after Tropical Storm Harvey dissipated. (Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune)

More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas Coast, the city of Houston has yet to allocate $200 million in federal relief funds to victims, according to the state's General Land Office.

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