A disaster program overseen by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and designed to help needy people gave millions of dollars to people with expensive homes
Photo: Thomas Frank/POLITICO's E&E News“I was shocked — totally shocked,” Dell’Abate said.
That has made HUD a lifeline for people who don’t have savings, insurance or the good credit score needed to get an SBA disaster loan. The aid is distributed through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Program, an“This is the only ballgame in town for households with low incomes if they’re looking to recover long-term from a disaster,” said Noah Patton, a housing policy analyst for the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
The owners of two homes in Darien, Conn., each valued at more than $2 million, elevated the structures after Hurricane Sandy and received reimbursement from HUD. | Darien town assessor “The idea was, let’s see if we can’t put money back in their pockets for them having pressed forward on recovery as opposed to excluding them,” said Gimont, who’s now a senior adviser at Hagerty Consulting, a firm of disaster experts.
Some disaster specialists say the large amount of HUD money that went to million-dollar homes indicates a failure to notify lower-income people. But other records show that when it came to the crucial step of telling homeowners that HUD money was available for repairs, Connecticut shunned one of the poorest and most vulnerable cities.
But the housing department found that the unrepaired damage to Bridgeport homes was at least $1.1 million, and the actual amount “may be significantly greater.” A 13-acre lot that once held the Marina Village public housing complex in Bridgeport, Conn., has been empty since the complex was demolished after Hurricane Sandy damaged it. A flood gauge stands on Iranistan Avenue in Bridgeport. A project to restore the historic Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses in Bridgeport with HUD money has been delayed. | Thomas Frank/POLITICO's E&E News: The storm damaged 574 homes, the third-highest toll among Connecticut municipalities.
The nearest intake center to the most-damaged part of Bridgeport was 5 miles away, in Fairfield. But 26 percent of Bridgeport households did not have a car in 2013, according to census data. Since 1882, the church has occupied the corner of Gregory and Broad Streets in Bridgeport’s South End; a flood-prone area cut off from the rest of the city by Interstate 95 and railroad tracks.
The church didn’t get HUD aid because Connecticut excluded religious organizations and other nonprofits from receiving the funds. Housing reconstruction and infrastructure repair and improvements were the state’s top priorities.
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