Comments on: Six Months Later: Only Six Tornado Victims Approved For State Housing Help

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:25:06 +0000

Many of these taxpayer funded grants & programs require the homeowner to also be the primary resident.
Not a homeowner that rents it out to someone else.
Renters are not eligible.

By: Willene Bryan

Willene Bryan — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:12:35 +0000

@ anne, most of the homeowners could not get house insurance after hurricane Ivan. My sister owns a house on Front Street, she rents it out and has tried time and time again to get insurance but they say the house is to old. She can afford to pay for her’s to be repaired and she did but so many can’t because Insurance companies will not sell them insurance or that there income is to low. Please get your facts straight before you start putting people down.

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 01:02:31 +0000

@ molinoman

You are correct, Sir.
Many who lost their homes and all else had only the walls and roof and likely inherited that from a line of family.
Older homes do not always meet the requirements for homeowner insurance as they have not been brought up to the many changing codes that government imposes.
Even if an older home can be insured it is usually at a much higher cost than a new build of the same footage.
Instead of OUR Government sending aircraft full of money to those who hate us because we are Citizens of the USA it would do more for US if those here in the USA got some real help when we need it.
Rick Scott met in secret at NAS with the sheriff and then he ran to Tallahassee or wherever, I think that speaks volumes about his concern for OUR Escambia citizens.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:08:45 +0000

Agree with molinoman, how could you make a statement like that, my mother and father at age 74 was hit and completely destroyed their house. They not able to work, living on fixed income so the had minimum insurance. At this age how can you call it a hand out, I believe these people have paid their debt to society and time to get back.

By: Michael Knight

Michael Knight — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:46:43 +0000

75 percent uninsured? Playing with fire…got burned.

By: monlinoman

monlinoman — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:41:41 +0000

@anne, sorry but that is a very narrow minded and self righteous view. You do realize that you must be low income to receive the help? You do realize being low income you probably can’t afford $300+ a month in home insurance?

A lot of these families need help. So don’t judge people with low incomes for not being “responsible” enough to have insurance. The state just needs to stop dragging their heels.

By: anne

anne — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 14:32:52 +0000

If 75% of the structures were uninsured, then they were paid for. It is the responsibility of the homeowner to buy insurance, not expect a hand-out when Mother Nature delivers a storm. We know the wind blows around here and the water floods and insurance is very expensive. looks to me like 6 homeowners were responsible and they are the ones able to receive assistance. That little bit of money has to go a long way!

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 14:14:59 +0000

But rest assured, every one of those that did any little thing in the bureaucracy of giving out a grant have been paid.
They got their cut even when you did not get yours.