This area was devastated. I have yet to see one FEMA truck handing out food or water and I have yet to see one FEMA trailer to house people whose homes were destroyed. FEMA didn't come in to help out with shelters and the county emergency shelters have been closed. People are staying in hotels or renting RVs and putting them on friends property and local stores and churches are handing out food and water. So what the heck is my FEMA insurance $$ going to?? I didn't get a dime from FEMA!
DeSantis Steps Up State Aid After FEMA Denies Additional Funds to Repair Hurricane-Damaged Homes FEMA says Florida has received "more than $3.31 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments after Hurricane Ian," including $1.19 billion from FEMA; $1.2 billion from the U.S. Small Business Administration; and $919 million from the National Flood Insurance Program.
But many Floridians are still displaced or living as best they can in damaged homes.
In a letter dated December 2, FEMA denied the DeSantis administration's request for millions more dollars to help those homeowners repair and rebuild the damaged homes where many are still sheltering.
The FEMA representative denied the request, saying FEMA has "limited authorities...to approve and pay for this type of work." And FEMA also said it could not be sure that the money "would achieve the intended outcomes for disaster survivors." Therefore, "your request is denied," FEMA told the governor's office.
"Unfortunately, we got word last week that FEMA had denied our request for funding our state-led housing initiative, citing their ‘limited authority,’" Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday. "We're not just going to sit there and take no for an answer, and we're going to figure out what we can do.".............
https://cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/desantis-steps-state-aid-after-fema-denies-additional-funds-repair
