MDA Says Homeowners Inside Katrina Flood Zone Can Get Grants: "“We’re finding many homeowners who had flood insurance think that disqualifies them from being able to get a homeowner grant, but that’s not true,” Mabry continued. “Like those homeowners outside the pre-Katrina flood zone who were basically told they were safe from flooding, this group inside the flood zone had done everything the federal government advised them to do, as well. These are homeowners who’d elevated above and beyond what was then accepted federal standards, and they were still flood damaged. The homeowner grant program can help these homeowners, too.”
Mabry said so far MDA has issued about $48 million in grants to elevated homeowners inside the flood zone, resulting from almost 700 approved applications. More than 500 applications are pending."
Not that I think offering grants to folks within the floodzone who need help rebuilding is a bad use of grant money that would otherwise go (per various reported discussions about its use) to entities who have only a tenuous connection to Katrina at best. However, after two years of being told the grant program was for people with insurance who lived outside the flood zone - it's downright bizarre for this person to seem puzzled as to the fact that people who lived within the floodzone didn't think they could apply for a grant.
The chocolate rations have been increased again, folks!**
**See the Newspeak dictionary's entry for 'chocorat' if this reference has you scratching your head.
No comments:
Post a Comment