[Baz]

Originally Posted by fintstone

Good luck with FEMA. Despite the rhetoric, this is the reality.

Per a Jan 13 article:

"Helene damaged 9,234 residential units in Buncombe County, according to County Manager Avril Pinder. Of those, 331 were destroyed and about 8,300 require repairs to make the home safe and livable.

In Buncombe County, officials say there are at least 27 families in temporary housing units and more are on the way."

https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2025-01-13/are-fema-rules-to-blame-for-slow-wnc-housing-recovery-heres-what-we-learned

Also in the linked article:

According to an analysis of FEMA data from The Washington Post, only about 15% of households in the affected region have applied to the agency for individual and household assistance.

More than 2,000 households are staying in hotels and motels paid for by FEMA and another 700-plus families are using rental assistance provided by FEMA. The agency said it has provided $2.3 million in rental assistance so far.

and

There are still areas that are off-limits to temporary structures or RV’s. While these can get permits in a floodplain, the county won’t allow temporary housing in a floodway – which includes any body of water and its surrounding banks.

“ Placing RVs in a floodway, though, is dangerous,’ Pennington said. “So we don't want to place RVs in the floodway, but we can certainly place them on a temporary basis in the floodplain.”

As of Jan. 7, FEMA said it has placed 88 families throughout WNC in temporary housing units. Most – 52 – are on a commercial site that FEMA contracted; 36 have a FEMA unit on private lots.

FEMA has contracted with 10 commercial parks to be able to place units, and the agency is working with more than 20 other parks for potential contracting purposes.

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I am not saying FEMA is an end-all solution for everyone. But they are doing a LOT to help folks.

And as previously discussed here......not everyone is going to quality for FEMA assistance.