Some Houstonians who didn't have flood insurance when the water rose turned to a government program to help rebuild, but a couple of residents say things haven't gone as they had hoped.
"What they’re saying is my house is not worth repairing," explained homeowner Jonathan Pierre. "How they’ve set up their program is $65,000 for repairs, and if you want to get a house built it’s $205,000."Hurricane season is just getting started and now is a good time to check your home and renters insurance before a hurricane hits. In fact, eight out of 10 homes damaged in Hurricane Harvey didn't have flood insurance.
Houston woman receives keys to new home more than 5 years after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her old one"The most they can do on a house build is $205,000. I said well in my neighborhood the homes cost a little bit more than that, and it’s not just, it’s not up to my standards, my HOA is very strict," Pierre said. "They said the home that is built has to be the same exact home that was here before.
Pierre says he will not accept the 3 bedrooms, 2 bath 1500 square foot home the GLO program is offering.US Coast Guard looks back on the more than 11,000 rescues made during Hurricane Harvey Charley Wolridge who is one of the 1300 Houston and Harris County residents the HUD funded program has built homes for after Harvey. She says when she first moved in a year ago she was pulling trash from under her newly laid lawn.
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