Some federal funds are due out this summer for Vermont towns hurt by Tropical Storm Irene.
He said the funds are coming in two batches. The first is expected to be approved at the end of June, with money coming in July. The second round is anticipated to be approved by the end of the summer with funds arriving in mid-September.
Many families whose homes were destroyed by Irene are waiting for federal grants that would pay 75 percent of the home’s value before the disaster. The grants would also pay 75 percent of the cost of demolishing flood-damaged houses.
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