A family friend of mine just got word after she spent thousands to repair her house that she will need to lift it. The government gave her the money to fix the house and to help her cover some of the costs the insurance did not. All well and good, however after she spent it it turns out she needs to start over again. Had they told her that they wanted this done, prior to the rebuilding, she would have put that money into raising the house and would have done things entirely different. Now if she wants to have flood insurance she needs to choke up another $30 grand to raise the house or forgo flood insurance.

If she does not do this. Her home value will drop to below what the mortgage is on it. Putting her again under water but with the bank.

It is great the government is helping, but they need to get this right the first time and not keep changing up the rules as they go on. This type of disaster that has repeated itself over and over again in the south should have taught the government some lessons on how to approach this issue but it has not.

This same issue will occur with those who are tearing down the wrecks and to those rebuilding if they do not follow the proper protocol in doing so. Putting not only their lives at risk for a few dollars, but to those who reside in the area around them.

I even offered a contractor on a house next to one I was working on dust masks. The house was filled with mold. They turned me down saying it was not bothering them at all. Yea, wait. They said that they do this all the time so they were not going to worry about this job at this point in time. Sad.