--- title: DED Announces Awards under Third Application Cycle of the Pandemic Relief Housing Program description: The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $2,000,000 to two applicants under the third and final funding cycle of the Pandemic Reli --- [Skip to content](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/news-center/p/item/54968/ded-announces-awards-under-third-application-cycle-of-the-pandemic-relief-housing-program#main-content) [![Development Council for Buffalo County logo](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/hubfs/Development%20Council%20Logo_1-23-23_V1.png)](https://growbuffalocounty.com) - About Buffalo County - [Communities](https://growbuffalocounty.com/communities) - [Livability](https://growbuffalocounty.com/live) - [Labor](https://growbuffalocounty.com/work) - Site Selectors - [Sites & Buildings](https://growbuffalocounty.com/sites-buildings) - [Target Industries](https://growbuffalocounty.com/target-industries) - [Regional Data](https://growbuffalocounty.com/regional-data) - [Location Advantages](https://growbuffalocounty.com/location-advantages) - Strategic Initiatives - [Build Buffalo County](https://growbuffalocounty.com/build-buffalo-county) - Business Support - [Incentives](https://growbuffalocounty.com/incentives) - [Resources](https://growbuffalocounty.com/resources) - [Entrepreneurs](https://growbuffalocounty.com/big-idea-buffalo-county) - About DCBC - [Services](https://growbuffalocounty.com/services-1) - [Staff](https://growbuffalocounty.com/staff) - [Board](https://growbuffalocounty.com/board) - [Investors](https://growbuffalocounty.com/membership) - [News](https://growbuffalocounty.com/news) - [Contact Us](https://growbuffalocounty.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # DED Announces Awards under Third Application Cycle of the Pandemic Relief Housing Program [Admin](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/author/admin) Published Dec 06, 2023 Reading Time 1 min read The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $2,000,000 to two applicants under the third and final funding cycle of the Pandemic Relief Housing Program. The subrecipients include Kearney Community Sustainable Housing and Southeast Nebraska Affordable Housing Council. The Pandemic Relief Housing Program was established by Legislative Bill (LB) 1014 in 2022 and funded with federal Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds through the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA). On March 27, 2023, DED announced $4,210,000 of awards under the programs first round of funding. DED announced $1,790,000 of awards under the programs second funding cycle on July 18, 2023. 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