Hurricane Francine

Sept. 11, 2024

In September 2024, Hurricane Francine made landfall just south of Morgan City in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm brought sustained winds of 100 mph, a storm surge exceeding four feet and prolonged heavy rainfall, causing widespread flooding in impacted areas throughout the state.

Congress appropriated $117.9 million in federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds to Louisiana for recovery efforts from Hurricane Francine as part of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025.

TOTAL FUNDING: $117.9M

Status of Funding Availability

As of August 2025

In January 2025, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development announced the allocation of $117.9 million in CDBG-DR funds for the state of Louisiana, dedicated to recovery efforts from Hurricane Francine.  

HUD approved the state’s action plan in May 2025, allowing LOCD-DR to access the allocated funds and administer the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program in designated impacted parishes, including Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary and Terrebonne.

Administered Programs

To maximize support for communities, LOCD-DR has allocated Hurricane Francine CDBG-DR funds to help homeowners rebuild and recover.

Housing

Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program

The Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program addresses the repair or replacement of owner-occupied households with a focus on serving the most vulnerable populations.

The state opened the program survey on May 1, 2025, for homeowners who applied for FEMA Individual Assistance and received a damage determination of major/severe. The survey is the critical first step in the application process.

To be eligible for program assistance, homeowners must meet the following requirements:

  • Owned and occupied home at time of disaster event and still maintain ownership through program final project inspection
  • Damaged address was the applicant’s primary residence at the time of disaster event
  • Must have applied for FEMA Individual Assistance following the disaster, and FEMA’s damage assessment must indicate that the damage to home is major/severe. FEMA major/severe damage includes one of the following:
    • FEMA inspected residential damage of $8,000 or greater
    • At least one foot of flooding on the first floor
    • FEMA inspected personal property damage of $3,500 or greater
  • Home must be an eligible structure type as described in the program guidelines, including single family homes, owner-occupied duplexes, mobile homes and condominiums
  • Located in one of nine disaster declared parishes

Homeowners who met basic qualifying criteria were invited to complete the program survey, the first step in the process toward receiving assistance.

The deadline to complete the survey was June 30, 2025.

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