![]() “You don’t really need to look at a map to know you need flood insurance,” Mills said. Vice Mayor Pamela Beasley-Pittman asked how residents can find out if they need flood insurance. No one with FEMA will ask anyone for money. “Everyone carries official ID,” Mills said. “FEMA does not provide money to businesses or for secondary residences affected by the disaster.”įEMA officials have been going door-to-door in Edgewood, Melrose Park and other hard-hit neighborhoods. “FEMA is not allowed to pay for something insurance is already paying for,” Mills said. The amount given to each flood victim is protected by the federal privacy act and will not be released to the public, Mills said. We work with each household on a case-by-case basis.” “We can provide a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. “FEMA is here to jumpstart things for disaster survivors,” Mills said. Mills said he expected FEMA money to arrive as soon as this week to help people whose homes and personal property were damaged by the flood. “So many people have had their lives turned upside down by this,” Mills told commissioners. “I was hoping we would have found a way to pony up and help these people.”Ĭommissioner Warren Sturman said he’d like to find a way to help people on the verge of losing their homes but didn’t think handing out $5,000 per household was the answer.įEMA spokesman John Mills gave the commission an update earlier in Tuesday’s meeting. “As a caring community we should be able to find a way to assist these folks,” he said. Marco Rubio mentioned applying for community development block grants, but that’s not a quick fix. They’re not going to be there for full recovery.” “FEMA is just going to give enough money to put people back on their feet. “FEMA is not going to cover 100%,” he said. He suggests people contact FEMA for help, but says that won’t be enough. I didn’t hear any alternative suggestions. We should have found a way to make it happen instead of making excuses for it not to happen. “I was disappointed in the response I received from the commission,” Trantalis told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. On Wednesday, Trantalis said he didn’t have a Plan B. While your intentions are good, I think the bureaucratic implications are going to overwhelm any good the program can do.” “Secondly, how would we go about doing it? It will take months at a minimum to do this. “I don’t believe it’s legal for us to do,” Herbst said. Would it be based on income? Would only homeowners be eligible or renters too? Herbst asked whether the money would go to residents in certain neighborhoods or people throughout the city. “I’m not sure where that would come from.”Ĭommissioner John Herbst had other concerns. “Quick math tells me that might be around $5 million,” Commissioner Steve Glassman said. A record-breaking rainstorm on April 12 left an estimated 1,095 homes with major flood damage, city officials say. City commissioners nixed the mayor’s idea during a public meeting Tuesday, citing bureaucratic roadblocks and the high cost of paying out millions to flood victims. “So the city of Fort Lauderdale needs to pony up.”īut for now, it looks like FEMA is your best bet. “There are limits to what FEMA will cover,” Trantalis said during a news conference last week. – Flood victims with badly damaged homes would have gotten up to $5,000 each, compliments of Fort Lauderdale, under a plan pitched by Mayor Dean Trantalis. Realtors who wish to donate will also find links on the site.įORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Note: Members of the Realtor family impacted by the rains and flooding are encouraged to apply for aid from Florida Realtors®’ Disaster Relief Fund. Florida Realtors Board Certified Professional.Specialties, Designations & Endorsements.
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