In partnership with the City of Houston, Comcast is providing robust WiFi hotspots in safe spaces throughout Houston designed to help students get online, participate in distance learning, and do their homework. This initiative provides free connectivity inside partner community centers for the next three years.

Mayor Sylvester Turner and City Council approved $10 million in additional funding for the City's Small Business Economic Relief Program (SBERP), bringing the total allocation of CARES Act 2020 dollars used to fund the program to $35 million.

City Council approved a multi-million dollar relief program to assist local restaurants and provide meals to Houstonians impacted by COVID-19. Mayor Sylvester Turner's Health Equity Response (H.E.R.) Task Force is partnering on the relief program with Lemond Kitchen, a local catering company. Lemond Kitchen will lead up to 25 local restaurants and catering companies in the production and delivery of up to 30,000 meals per week, through the end of the year.

To help in the fight against COVID-19, the Mayor's Office of Education in collaboration with the Mayor's Health Equity Response Task Force developed a new initiative known as the COVID-19 Community Health Education Fellows (CHEF) Program. The program is designed to educate and empower at least 100 youth and young adults to help the City fight COVID-19, especially in the most vulnerable communities.

Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston City Council approved $2 million in relief funding for creative businesses that are facing economic challenges due to COVID-19.

Amid an unprecedented health crisis, Mayor Sylvester Turner today announced a second rental assistance package to help those who lost their jobs and are struggling financially and cannot pay their rent because of COVID-19.

Mayor Sylvester Turner joined volunteers to distribute thousands of face coverings Saturday afternoon as businesses throughout Houston prepare to enforce a new Harris County mandate requiring customers to wear masks.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and intensified health inequities in communities where people were already struggling. Combined with new economic challenges, some of our neighbors now face increased food insecurity as well as little-to-no resources to acquire items for novel coronavirus protection and to maintain general health.

Mayor Sylvester Turner joined mayors and faith leaders from across the country to recognize Monday, June 1, 2020, as the National Day of Mourning and Lament to honor those who have died of COVID-19.

As retailers and restaurants, along with other businesses prepare to reopen, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City's COVID-19 Recovery Czar, Marvin Odum, on Thursday encouraged Houstonians to practice caution before returning to a normal routine.

In this role, Odum will work with business leaders, chambers of commerce, employee groups, and nonprofit organizations on a plan to safely and responsibly restart Houston's economy. Odum will also work on strategies to address the challenges faced by the city's vulnerable and at-risk populations, develop a plan to avoid…