[StBernard] Buy-out -- Is this correct

[Westley Annis]

In response to this buyout proposal, how can you penalize people to get less
if they move out of the parish. You think we can stay without jobs?  My
husbands job transferred him and us to Birmingham, AL.
 It was this or lose his job. I would love to go back to my home with my
neighbors and have what I had, but because I can't, lets go ahead and give
the people less for relocation.  I think this is harsh!!! 
L Rodivich

CK,
 
In a nut shell most of the areas will actually be proposed for redevelopment
and the council is proposing that the LRA plan to allow for selling
properties and receiving the 75% of pre-storm value up to the 150,000 cap
but allow any insurance benefits to be excluded from being deducted.  This
may wind up being reconsidered to mean that a portion of the insurance be
deducted from the total but we have proposed that it would be a 50%
deduction at the most and preferred to be much higher as well as the
suggestion that the percent of the total be guided by residents remaining in
their home parish vs. moving outside of the parish- the furhter out of the
area the less of the total to be accessible.
 
I am working on publishing a complete review to post with some mapping.
 
 
Good luck and God Bless,
Craig