Tuesday, October 17, 2017

FEMA makes no sense

After the hurricane passed, many of the people in my area filed for disaster assistance. Two weeks later, many of them received checks for $800 or more. No inspections, no questions asked. I asked them, and the ones who got the cash said that they had no damage to their homes, and told FEMA so. They got a check anyway. All I got was an inspector who came to my house, and a denial letter saying that we didn't have enough damage to receive anything.

The inspector told us that the $800 was only given away during the first two weeks, and now that the disaster was more than a  month ago, that money was no longer available. The thing is, we applied just a week after the storm, and were told we had to wait for an inspection.

The government makes no sense at all.

1 comment:

SiGraybeard said...

FWIW, a coworker went through the "show up, get check" thing after the '04 storms. He bought a generator and some needed supplies. A month or two later, FEMA guys came to his door and wanted the money back.

Since it's 13 years ago, that's about all I remember, but I do recall it was a no questions asked "here's some money" and later they were auditing where the money went and why.

It might well be this story isn't over yet.