[StBernard] Renters

[Westley Annis]

I feel this pain...I am one myself!

Bianca
 
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	Is there any updated information that would help the displaced
renters who
	were originally from St Bernard Parrish? It seems that they are
still "the
	forgotten", four years after the Katrina Disaster. Most were dropped
through
	the cracks by FEMA. There was never a roll made of those displaced
by the
	flood that followed Katrina. Nor were they ever notified of the
availability
	of help available by the various agencies. The most seriously
neglected were
	the elderly renters who had minimum Flood Insurance and were not
eligible
	for FEMA help .and those who had Renter's Homeowner Insurance and
couldn't
	collect because the Insurance Companies said they didn't have to pay
since
	the damage was "due to rising water" which wasn't covered by their
Home
	owner's policy. Most of us were dropped from the rental assistance
programs
	just months after the Flood. Many of us were personally self
sufficient
	enough to find lodging in another state and many of us are still
there
	living outside of Louisiana as our families are now spread across
the Gulf
	Coast. The worst thing is, if you moved out of the "Flood Zone" you
were
	dependent on your own sources for assistance. FEMA wouldn't even
talk to you
	if you were from Louisiana and , say, now living in Florida. We were
told to
	go back to Louisiana.if we required help. So I was just wondering
are the
	files closed on any assistance for renters from St. Bernard Parish?
	
	Al