Sarasota County is looking for ways to distribute $210 million in federal money to help people rebuild after four hurricanes wreaked havoc across the region over the last two years.
The cash comes from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and is part of $12 billion being spent nationwide on a program called Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) in areas declared disaster zones by the president.
Since the money comes from HUD, 70 percent must go toward low to moderate income households…