Eastern KY Communities Aim to Get Recovery Right After Floods / Public News Service
Infrastructure problems continue to plague eastern Kentucky months after severe flooding left thousand of residents without housing. According to FEMA, missed inspections or no response to contact attempts have left more than 2,000 thousand people ineligible for assistance. Scott McReynolds, executive director, Housing Development Alliance, explained at a recent press conference that because so many homes were built in the floodplain, it has been a challenge to find available land to rebuild, and what land remains sits much higher up on mountaintops. ...