After a Hurricane, FEMA Makes the Disaster Drag On
“Hurricane Harvey shows what can go wrong. It lumbered through Texas, unloading 5 feet of rain, one year ago. Yet 8% of survivors have not returned to their homes, as per a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study. Some low-income families had their aid requests denied by FEMA because of ‘insufficient damage’ to their homes. But FEMA also denied aid to homes with roofs blown off or mold creeping up the walls.”