Katrina survivors sued by Louisiana after using grant money to rebuild
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2022
- After Hurricane Katrina, struggling homeowners said, they were told not to worry about the fine print when they received grants to elevate their homes.
Sooooo they spent 11m to sue poor people ?????? Make that make sense.
and they only made back $3 million net lol
Fraud
Classics democrat leadership. Out of control government. DOJ is off the leash, doing bs like this all over the country. Nothing will be done about it. All part of the current admin. plans.
They “WASTED” the money suing their own citizens, who actually paid for being sued over something they were “led” to do. They shouldn’t legally be able to sue after 16 years, we certainly wouldn’t be able to sue them after 16 years!
@@christip20 They knew the money was supposed to be used to elevate their home. It said so in black & white. It doesn't matter what somebody else said. It was written in black & white. What they were supposed to use that money for and they chose to use it for something else. They committed fraud. They need to pay it back. They knew they were supposed to use that money to elevate.Their home regardless of what someone said. Or they should.
Have got it in writing that they could use it for something else other than to elevate their home like the grant said it was supposed to be used for
It’s called a GRANT not a LOAN!
And was supposed to be used to elevate the house, not renovate
@@PD-yd3fr Did you even watch the entire video?
@@Metqa Yes, they were told by an advocacy group to go ahead and use the money for another purpose, problem is, they lied to them. You sign up for a grant the money MUST go to the purpose the grant was given cannot divert. Put them on a payment plan, only fair option
@@PD-yd3fr They knew 30,000 would not elevate a home
@@deidrajackson6502 Was to help pay the cost not pay everything
They need to return the money
Louisiana should be grateful that anyone wants to live there at all.
Agreed as a louisianan myself it's rough out here living out here isn't for the feble or faint of heart.
I was born n bred there but Katrina was man made by f.b.i. insidejob to KILL
The energy of Louisiana changed I no longer call it home bc its also a blue sanctuary lawless state. The families shouoold have been compensated w gov built NEW HOMES plus cash....corruption
Imagine how economical our government would be if they handled all monies with such due diligence. But, alas, only the poor people must be held accountable for every.last.penny. Such bs.
Exactly, only the poor have accountability.
This appears to be a predatory move by the state of La. to steal these homeowners property. Since when are grants repaid? I pray that no weapons formed against these homeowners shall prosper 🙏
I touch and agree!!!
Amen
Amen ❤️
Yes
They are sick
And the floods done there are intentionally done to try to push people out which they are successful at every time but some people just don’t want to leave their homes and now they’re pushing their force out differently 🤔
Halleluyah! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Our country really seems to hate poor people.
Then why don't you change that?
Its also Democrats
Mostly black poor ppl ...
@@jermainec2462 the unfortunate truth.
@@jermainec2462 blacks vote Democrat
So giving $11 million to attorneys is more important than clearing the “debt” from the grant money that was provided to the homeowners
That is over 360 homes worth of elevation grants worth of lawyers.
Grants are free. You do not have to pay them back. That’s the whole point of a grant. The government should have vetted the people better and provided oversight over the home improvements if they were going to take the money back if the money wasn’t used the way they wanted. This seems like a clear attack against BP, especially those that are naive, elderly or uneducated.
She is an educated retired social worker they are suing her for $30,000
@@diamolyn4991 She said, "especially those who...," she wasn't talking specifically about the woman in the report.
@@diamolyn4991 You’re point? My comment is in general based on the information provided in the video and the fallout from the grant program itself.
@@brownin329 Ditto. 🙏🏽
@@jaeshasway My point I stated already🤷🏽♀️
The legislators have their eyes on the real estate in that area. For those of you who don't know, that area can be lucrative to developers. This is a squeeze and grab, especially because these people refuse to leave their homes and New Orleans. Follow the money.
Well said 👏
Right big companies want that land.
I just wrote that.
This is true, but it could also be racial hate. They just want to tear down Black people -- period. Follow the racist history! Anytime Black areas thrived, they burnt them down literally and/or figuratively.
They dont want us to own. Rent and we will be happy. Davos is going on now.
They're trying to force them out of their homes, so that THEY can rebuild and move in their own people. They wish to gentrify that area. Smh....
With whom. Unexpected people at the border?
Look up 2030 project by our government. It’s worse than that. The government is taking multiple strategies to acquire more direct control and ownership over the land. 30% by 2030 project. What’s being done to farmers is another tactic.
Our federal government has been corrupt for decades, maybe more and their tightening their shackles on the American people for years and the worst of it has been the last 4. The deep state is working overtime since Trump had thrown a wrench in there running plans. He wasn’t apart of their corrupt crew already in place and refused to play by their games so they sent the media, the FBI, and corrupt local officials to attack him at all levels.
I guarantee you, when you research any of the lies the media has told you, listening to trumps own words in complete context, and examined alternative news sources, what you learn will boil your blood you’ll be so furious at what they’ve done to all of us.
I came here to say the same thing. This has to be a move to get rid of these low income marginalized people. They absolutely know they can’t repay that money. Grants are not something that has to be paid back. They better counter sue via a class action law suit. This will have to go to the Supreme Court. The state representatives lied to the homeowners. A whole mess! And people say the system doesn’t prevent mostly BIPOC people from building wealth. Hmmph!
This was my first thought. When I went a few weeks ago it was all 🤚🏻 people 🤦♀️ when we used to go we would stay in bywater and you wouldn’t see not one 🤚🏻 person now it’s been taken over . I bet anything they are trying to get the 🤚🏾 people out smh
It’s already been gentrified . I was there a few weeks ago. When we used to stay in bywater you wouldn’t see not one 🤚🏻 person. Now it’s nothing but 🤚🏻 people
I was blessed to do a post-Katrina cleanup mission, and worked part of it in the 9th ward. I don't think they expected people to want to return.
Imagine why the officials didn't use the designated state and federal funds to properly maintain the levee system.
Why is America so quick to help other countries and their citizens but not their own. But I'm wrong for not being a proud American. Who can be proud of people like this!
The government is a monster. These people lost their homes and as if they haven't been through enough, they are now being sued?? Someone was preying on them, taking advantage of people already in a crisis. I think they should be forgiven given the circumstance.
They are preying on senior homeowners whose homes are paid off. Giving us grant monies to rebuild our homes, which BTW should not be paid back if funds were used as intended to rebuild homes. After homes rebuilt & knowing we are penniless after losing everything we own & cannot afford to pay attorneys to fight FEMA or State suing us, they want to seize our paid off homes knowing the money they gave us was used & there is no money to pay FEMA or State grants back. FEMA had Texas Dept of Justice sue me & I told DA, go ahead & sue me & let's go to trial. I was Whistleblower, with lots of legal experience & any Jury who heard about this lawsuit would award me damages. Also I just happen to be filing for Bankruptcy. The DA response, "How Convenient" as she knew she could no longer come after my home. But later found out I was receiving SS & decided Treasury Dept upon orders from FEMA would garnish my SS benefits & added $15,000 dollars on top of grant monies I received for penalties & interest fees. This is Ponzi scheme government is doing preying upon those who cannot afford legal assistance...government gives u grant, u fix your home & if you don't pay them back cash, they seize our homes & profit by selling our homes & adding $15K or more for their bonuses & collection fees...doing all this by leaving us homeless again. I was lucky since I filed bankruptcy which stopped Dept of Justice/ FEMA from Civil forfeiture of my home.
Right I believe some wealthy people want that land to rebuild expensive homes
@@shon7425 Who would want the Ocean front gulf ?
Why don't we all band together and stand outside this lady's house. ARMED, and end any and all attempts for the government to do ANYTHING to this lady
All it takes is hiring a expensive attorney to help u win. Barry Morphew murdered his wife & chopped her up & is getting away with it. Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell murdered their spouses, Lori's brother & her 2 kids & almost got away with it...Just sayin...if u can afford to spend $500 for attorneys from life insurance money u got from murdering your spouses , then u can get away with murder in USA.
That is the dirty gov...they want the land.
WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES!!!!
This is how they keep you from ownership on land and home.
So we should take peoples homes because of their mismanagement of funds…. But we as a country are ok sending money overseas and asking U.S. citizens to donate money to Ukraines citizens🤨. So we take care of others but not our own natural born citizens. Nonsense
This government makes no sense at all. Smh
@@deloresiles2341it's called corruption
It’s a d😮mn shame
Only when it comes to black ppl
I’m over here doing calculations in my head trying to figure out how these people are supposed to elevate a whole home for just $30,000. It’s horrible what that State is doing.
Floor jacked up and concrete blocks and cement??
Average sized house that be enough to lift it 3 ft
16 years ago. Enough.
The number comes from the federal govt "ICC" (increased cost of compliance) program for people with flood insurance. I'm guessing the language is exactly the same... The state probably saw that, and just mimicked it without actually diving deeper. It's no coincidence the numbers are the same, and for the same work.
@@oll1998 I had work done after a storm, nothing compared to Katrina. The contractor can’t charge more than that figure. Least not in 2014. But she didn’t attempt to lift her house. And took the money. She says the guy handing out the money said you didn’t need to use it for that. So she took the money and didn’t use it to raise the house. Our government is so good at pissing away money aren’t they? That 30K then is worth about 48K now. We are seeing the same things with COVID relief. Lots of UA-camrs claimed they needed the money to keep on staff. For some of them the gov is taking a second look. It was meant to keep people employed when income ability was down due to isolation requirements. I don’t know how I feel about this. The ones asking for the money are democrats. Are they not supposed to be the champions of the poor? Democrat governor and Democrat President. The feds gave the money and state managed the program. But it said right there on the paper it was to lift the house. Is a retired social worker poor? Appears to make more than most people. After a disaster it’s really low interest loans the gov gives out. They don’t just hand out money anymore for the repair of property. How is Puerto Rico? Does AOC’s grandma have a roof yet?
I am glad you posted this and agree with most of the comments below! With that money they are paying lawyers, they could forgive the loans! What a circus of criminal behavior with no respect for human beings! I hope they do a class action suit and win not only to have those elevation loans forgiven, but extra on top of it for mental duress!!!!!
My heart goes out to this woman and the other home owners. I wish I was able to help these people 🙏🏽
Well if the state/govt used their funds appropriately then the leeves wouldn’t have broke causing the flood that destroyed the homes in the first place. Now you coming for the homeowners who used the money to rebuild?! DISGUSTING!!!
Great point!!
The homeowners should have countersue against the State/Govt for not properly fixing the levees. They knew the levees needed repairs years beforehand anyway
@@beautifulyou2 You do know that a barge Cause the levy to break. It didn't just fail.
They should forgive these loans because they done forgave the fake business owners that received PPP loans, these people have done what they needed to stay in Louisiana
They should forgive the residents for Louisiana grant true but true me. The government is evil asf and when they owe other countries that dog is going to come back to hunt I guarantee it. People in power are EVIL and they don’t care about anything else. You’re paying lawyers from the state to sue citizen take the $11 million and go head on ni.
Exactly!
Actually, some of those folks got arrested
the money wasn't a loan, it was a grant. the families should not be required to pay. someone should look into what the state plans to do with the recovered money.
Ikr
After a tornado ripped through my neighborhood we were without power for a week. State employees came around offering us food stamps to replace food we lost. Less than a year later they sent a letter saying we had to pay it back claiming fraud. The state worker filled out the paperwork and told us just sign here. This seems to be a pattern with this state. When they came around after Ida I slammed my door and told them to get off my property!
I wonder how everything turned out for Mrs. Mathews.
Hopefully, she was able to keep her home.
The State of Louisiana dropped the entire last earlier in 2023
This is utterly disgusting and unacceptable that the state is suing these homeowners 🤬. The people of Louisiana endured a catastrophic natural disaster which killed and destroyed thousands of homes, neighborhoods and communities. Those that were fortunate enough to survive AND rebuild so that they could come back to their homes, did so due to their unwavering LOVE for Louisiana, their homes, memories and devotion. Louisiana MUST stop with these lawsuits and allow these homeowners to live in peace within the homes they lovingly restored!
The Federal Government (HUD) Is Pressuring The State, And The State Is Pressuring Its Citizens.. This Entire Thing Stinks To High Heaven If You Ask Me... Wow...
This is nothing more than a Jim Crow tactic to get Black role to lose their houses. Everything is old is new again.
It's all about the money. It seems the money they gave them they want back.
Since 2006 tho😒
@@BossQueen Right. That's almost a whole generation later. Make it make sense.
They just want the neighborhood to be gentrified. This is bullshit
exactly .. land.and property grab .... most of or all those people are Black .... I thought grants didn't have to be paid back ??
You bet.
Exactly
That's it 🤷♀️
That's why the levees broke in the first place.. Purposely in the black neighborhoods🙄
This is WHY I do not want anything from the government not even a dollar food stamp
Praying for all Involved. Give the people a break. They’ve been traumatized enough.
Ridiculous. If kicking people when they're down was a person. ICF, LA. ROAD HOME, HUD. This case should be thrown out completely if there is no ill will or fraud. Distressing the already stressed and oppressed. Wow.
They want to force black people out of the area. Really follow the money, you will find developers have an eye on those properties.
@@commonsense5506 💯🙌
@@commonsense5506Exactly right.that was whole plan before katrina.
Biden's cabinet lady for Housing is retiring March 22. Shameful need to turn around and help these citizens. yuck, makes your stomach sick.
I pray that this goes to a higher court and that a Judge with a conscience and a soul will do the right thing by these people. This is utterly disgusting and they only do it to poor people. I can bet that something like this would never have happened to the people in Surfside. What an embarrassment doing something like this to your own citizens. Totally immoral!!!
@DANonPC you’re lying she spent it on her home.
@DANonPC its obvious you are unable to focus on and comprehend what was stated in the video. Have you considered medication or possibly getting your GED?
the court does not exist to make all parties happy. You are thinking of arbitration.
I hope they all get sued. They took money fraudulently. They deserve it.
@@dcg590 how does that boot taste?
Omg, OMG!! 🤯☹ These people have been through ENOUGH , Lord embrace them!! 🗽
I believe the home owners did the best they could at the time wich was a terrible situation. I don't believe they intentionally did anything wrong. Being homeless is a terrible situation. Now the state is doing a property grabbing from people that are bearly surviving disgusting 😒
And the damage increases to have more folks become homeless, and possibly become very sick or even die due to the stress....the 11 million dollars should be used to cover the grants and the company the state hired can pay for their mismanagement....forcing homeowners into the street should result In elected officials going to jail, forced to resign. Or voted out of office. Preferably all three actions.
This is what you don’t take free money from the government especially during a disaster. They will come back looking for it years later.
FACTS!
I see. Jim Crow Louisana.
This hurts mostly black people. They know this!!! They are trying to get them to sell their house. They want the land. There's a big problem with gentrification.
You are correct; but it’s truly sad when the government you help to elect and pay taxes too, can’t help its people when needed most!! Just ridiculousness 🤦🏾♀️
I would think there is a statute of limitations on that. The agency didn't send inspectors out to make sure the work was done in respect to these funds? Again, these are old school Jim Crow tactics. America is going to be judged for this, because it refuses to turn from its wicked ways.
All the money they could’ve saved by not suing ppl
Right
The moral is, don’t under any circumstances take grant $ from the state or federal government. Nobody in the government is your friend.
Beware: "We're the government and we're here to help."
Meanwhile....billions sent overseas for war
Yeah right thanks to the idiot who thinks he's in the white house LMAO!!
Exactly! It's okay to fund people who don't pay taxes.
Try billions upon billions and here we can’t keep baby formula on the shelves.
Exactly! I specifically remember being a child watching commercials where people were starving in other countries and they were asking people of the United States to send donations. My mother said "why would anyone send money outside of the country when we have people starving and homeless right here?"
And no baby formula
Sounds like another trick. I way to get there 🏡 homes
HUD has to get free homes somehow. Smh.
You got that right!!!!! That’s exactly what it is no ifs ands or but’s!
👍
Sounds like she took a bunch of money she shouldn’t have. The other side of the story is never told on the left, sob story, poor me media. They never tell both sides
You don't pay grants back .I can understand needing receipts and must show proof of home repairs ,ect..If their was no repairs made and t money was taken and spent on somthing else .Then I could understand why people would sue . If the grant didn't cover the repairs then why get one . This whole thing is a fishy deal .
IF the grant givers didn't ask for receipts 15 years ago, how do they expect people to still have them now?
Why wasn't the State supervising the rebuilds. and why didn't HUD look in on this while the homeowners tried to rebuild. And, how many of the older folks cannot climb stairs anymore?
The state needs to be sued for misrepresentation and misrepresentation of funds.
Lord in Jesus name help these people. I ask that grace and mercy be given.
Amen
… and for every house that the government even attempts to steal. may the owner be blessed ten fold and the government be cursed ten fold!
@@sonjalivingston8241
Amen, Amen, Amen 🙏🏽
Amen and I also pray for justice for these homeowners!
Amen 🙏
Please take this to the supreme court.
I wonder what is the update on this. The State and HUD should be ashamed
These people know exactly what they are doing and why they are doing it… Evil is all they know
Wow. The great setup.
My exact thoughts. This was 100% a setup.
Exactly
Like those PPP Loans
Exactly!!!!
@@swannoir7949no the ppp wasn’t a setup. Ppl set themselves up by LYING!!
When i have work done, i keep my receipts for a long time in case theres an issue.
Isn't there a statue of limitation if that was like 15 16 years ago for something like this?
This is crazy. So they are sued for using grant money for repairs rather for elevating only. This is crazy. This is a way to take black people homes. To make them leave
No, this is the consequence of being deceitful. She took a bunch of money she shouldn’t have. There is a whole, other side of the story I guarantee it. The left news only tells the sob story and never the whole truth.
What a bunch of B.S.these people have been through enough!!!
We were able to use that program. Our insurance company was really picky and we had good insurance. We fought over the cost of the roof down to only covering 2ft of vinyl siding it was ridiculous. I dumped them the next year.
What the heck is wrong with the state? Leave these people alone.
The greedy land developers want to force these precious people out of their homes for the love of money. I'm from New Orleans, I left the state of Louisiana 1 year ago, for this among other reasons, I'll NEVER RETURN!!! I will be praying for these people to be relieved of this ordeal. Louisiana keeps their people oppressed! 😡 😡
Sounds like a class action against those that told them they could use the money for any repairs.
Prayers
Update on this!
Spend 11 million dollars to collect 13 million dollars. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to everyone involved if you would forgive the investment in the community.
I'm from Holly Grove,born and raised,but I have been gone for 14 years now and haven't looked back!!! I visit 3 to 4 time's a year,and then I run out of there with the quickness. This is deplorable!! 🤦🏽🙏🏽⚜️
My husband and family reside in Houston, Texas they go home 1 or maybe 2 x a year to get the food they are use to that’s it! They received so much help here and is now Successful they are not thinking about ever going home just to visit. Don’t get me wrong they Love Louisiana but just not to stay there.
Yes your actions are deplorable. Why go back if it's just to run out as fast as you can...
Louisiana is a cesspool. I made it out 9 months ago and I plan to never go back.
@@Mrjonezzz Lol....I don't blame you. What part of the city are you from? Where are you now?
Not that bad for us in North Louisiana!
This is corruption at its finest.
State should call it a lost. That money went towards rebuilding their house
Racist politicians!
A similar thing happened to me and fellow scholars, on a much smaller monetary scale, but the practice was essentially the same.
I and a group of about 24 other BLACK students attended LSU on a full scholarship. We were given vouchers to cover the costs of books and supplies. Most students bought items like desk lamps AFTER buying the necessary books for our courses. Around three days after our purchases we were told we had to return any items that were not books or pay back the costs for those items.
I was incensed! I argued to the bitter end that a desk lamp was an educational tool and therefore shouldn't be held against students. I further argued, nothing has been said or written about any item being forbidden from purchase prior to purchasing the items. It was so blatantly hateful. My older sister threatened the coordinators with legal action. We didn't go through with it, nor did I pay the money back or return the lamp.
The following semester the lamp amount was deducted from my financial aid, but there was balance in the universe. With scholarship and grant money, I walked away with several hundred dollars AFTER everything was paid.
It was racism at it's core.
Always racism. Satan's disciples are running the government. They have sold their souls for money.
Yep you hit it right on the head
Your a protected class so quit winning
The Government cares not what your color is. That's just crap on T.V. to make you angry towards those who never harmed you or ever even knew you existed. The Government preys on the weak and naivety of the elderly, young and the poorest amongst us. Then they use their ill-gotten gains pitting us against each other, so we blame each other instead of the ones that actually take from us. I'm an old white lady and everyone i know would have bought you a lamp if you asked especially if you said it would help you with your education. It's not a race thing friend. The rich know they can't get hundreds, thousands of people to leave their families every day to make their world better unless those hundreds, thousands believe everyone hates them for this or that. The more divided we are the richer they get. When we unite, we never do without as we all help each other reach our full potential and prosper greatly having done so. Only a fool would deny a lamp for a student that contributes time and energy towards making the future of our species wiser.
In the state of louisiana you can't win for losing that's why I REFUSE to move back there seems like everything points to the state only to take away from the residents bad enough it's hard to get by down there it's like they make every Effort to keep you drowning in quicksand I Pray for my people down there because the Struggle in louisiana is Really Real
My husband grew up there for decades while his dad was in coast guard stationed there. As soon as he could get the hell transferred out he did. He told me his dad for seen the levees being compromised back in the 70s but the government kept the money that was supposed to fix the problem. All demon filled crooks 😤
It’s so sad, yet the government is bringing people from Afghanistan and Ukraine and housing and feeding them. Smh
I remember when they open military installations that had been shut down and housed the Afghan people. But their own citizens, America treats like trash.
This is wrong on every level. 😡😡😡
Blame the Louisiana uneducated ignorant BP fault for listening to Rap music.
@@deloresiles2341 Not even comparable. Louisiana didnt bring anyone over. They are suing its own residents.
@@basednoamchomsky yes it is comparable. Help your own people first prior to helping others.
I’m confused it’s a grant not a loan
I’m so disappointed in my state just heartbreaking I mean Awful shame on them!! Send prayers too everyone impacted by this mess🙏🏾
I wouldn’t even want to claim this as my state.
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!!
It's what you voted for.
@@grantofat6438 ... NOPE. This is Joe Bidens doing. Iam GOP.
@@nathanielraydavis708 Biden isn't the governor of Louisiana.
Donations needed please 🥺
So they just want the real estate. They don't really actually care. Sounds like the state wants their share and then flip it
This is bull crap how these demons made these storms to come into the neighborhood destroy the people's livelihood and then dare to sue them. This is just awful.
They "made the storm"?
@@neotheboxer u know they did? Look EXACTLY where it hit. This wasn't natural eugenics but it was definitely politically natural gentrification. They're trying it tho.
Men do not control weather, especially not a hurricane nor tornado if that's what you're getting at.
@@msfox1018 Yes they do and they created that storm to hit Louisiana twice, the earthquakes in Haiti twice and so many storms to cause major flooding and the fires in California and other states caused by Direct Energy Weapons (DEW)...Research Geo Engineering, Weather Modifcation, Chemtrails, Haarp...People need to wake up everything happening here in the USA your govt, Demoncrats. Biden Administration and the rich wealthy elites who control him and just about everything happening on this world...from the burning down of over 20 food processing plants, paying farmers to destroy their crops to cause the price of food to go up and causing food shortages on purpose, gas prices going up without any end in sight...soon you won't be able to afford to drive your cars, the mass shootings all over the United, they're behind that because they want Americans guns so they can come after us to wipe us off the face of this earth...They want 95% percent of the population dead and gone...Research Population Agenda, Agenda 2030, NWO and don't use Google to fo your research...Also why is Bill Gates buying all the farmland in the US and food prices keep going up...Why did he buy a breast milk formals company and all of a sudden we have a baby formula shortage and they're behind bringing Covid and the vaccines which are killing ppl but the media don't talk about because they own the media...That's why it's called programming and Te-lie-vision...
@@msfox1018 Also Dubai bought a weather machine to make it rain in the desert so yes weather is controlled by men...
This local state and federal government is absolutely unbelievable. The money is tax paying dollars that should be used for rebuilding. Im just going to guess what most of these families look like. Just disgusting.
@willow willow this sounds like it is all on the state, not the federal government.
Disgusting is right!!!
Insanity. I will never forget coming home from work only to open the mail and see that lawsuit letter.
The money actually came from the Federal Government and because they didn't allocate enough funds to people and because they lied about the paperwork, now they re being held accountable and don't have and excuse about how the money was spent, so rather than accept the fault, they are attacking the people to whom they distributed the money. The Citizens didnt tell them how much or under what conditions to give the money, the Representatives did and because they did it wrong they want to pass the blame to the people who accepted the help.
I think, paraanoid people have the right idea. Video and Audio record any conversation with a govenrment officicial and back it up 3 times for when they come after you, because THEY WILL come after you , when they make their own mistakes. Audio proving that they were lied to about the funds, and paperwork with signatures of who Lied.
I’m sorry did he say “the state is not trying to sue people, they’re just trying to stay compliant!” 16 years later and that’s compliant!?! Sounds like a scam to me.
The homeowners should have been told if they did not elevate their homes, they can’t use the money for repairs and not take the money.
They all got setup
THIS IS BEYOND EVIL 😈.....WHAT ABOUT HOMES THAT WERE ELEVATED PRIOR TO KATRINA AND STILL FLOODED!!!!!! YOU CAN NOT ELEVATE A HOME 10FT PLUS....THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE..WINDS!!!! I THANK GOD FOR MY GRANNY(R.I.H)🙏🏽...SHE MADE ME STAY AWAY FROM NEW ORLEANS AND I'M SO THANKFUL
This has been going on since 2017 and I’m only just hearing of it now?
Louisiana also took money given to them by Congress for the purpose of replacing lead pipes and intentionally refused to do that. The structural racism runs deep the southern states, it’s sad
This is so disgusting! These people have been through enough! This country can always find the money for war, but there is never money to help the people from being out on the street...very sad!
The ignorance of the Army Corps. of Engineers was the reason for the flooding during Hurricane Katrina. The levees were never breached. The gaps in the incomplete levy walls is what caused the city to flood. The Army Corps. was later sued and they settled. The grants should be forgiven as long as the money was spent on rebuilding and repairing the home.
Same thing now going on in Panama City FL with the so called "Rebuild Florida" program it's just the beginning. When do you pay back a grant???
Looks like a form of entrapment.
This was calculated. They were trying to get them out of their homes to begin with
Every single person In The state need to refuse to pay their state taxes until they agree to leave these people alone. We can’t allow them to do this to people. Laziness and mismanagement of funds by officials is not individuals citizens faults. This is ridiculous.
“Mismanagement of funds” means theft.
Sue back!!! Together there is strength.
They are being penalized for being misinformed.
I seems like they just wanted to take these people house and land. From the very beginning. Something should be done in the favor for these people. The State of Louisiana is unjust to the citizens of Louisiana. Katrina was bad enough. Are these people being targeted because the are disadvantaged. I hope that this is not a form of discrimination?????🙄🤨🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
How much does the state owe HUD? If they have $11 million dollars (!!!) -- and counting -- to pay lawyers to sue, seems like they would have enough to just pay HUD back and leave their citizens alone.
And how are they able to proceed with the lawsuits, even though the courts sided with the homeowners and decreed the suits aren't valid?
P.S. -- Seems like most of the citizens getting sued were black, for some reason.
Of course. That's beachfront property
@@TheJoaniejoancansew exactly! That area is prime real estate
They do not care
Average citizens do not understand these lengthy legal forms they were required to sign. It was the job of the company the state hired to help people navigate these forms. $30,000 is laughable amount to raise an entire house. You are making people living on a shoestring homeless? There should have been state officials checking on these building projects to ensure guidelines were being followed. This tells me state didn’t really care about it, they just wanted to hand out funds to make themselves look “helpful “. Perhaps Louisiana didn’t really care what the federal aid was for.
This needs to go to the Supreme Court. Justice for the homeowners.
This is more like the Road to Hell🤬! I suspect that this is just a sneaky way for the state to force these homeowners back out of their homes FOREVER!!
Despicable.
So they knowingly took the money that was supposed to be used to elevate their home. And used it for something else. What part of elevate did they not understand. That money was supposed to be used to raise their home not do other repairs. Ignorance is no excuse. They chose not to elevate their home and use the money for something else.Therefore they need to pay it back
Firstly, WHY is the state hiring companies to run their grant programmes? What foolishness is that?
This is so sad! The government is messed up.
The ICF, well that's what happens when you outsource work to private companies. They gave people the wrong information, and it's not the home owner's fault. The state probably wants the repaired homes, so that they can sell them to developers.
That's it! Easy to blame the administrators from the private company for not doing their job properly and sue their own citizens for millions, than just owning up to their mistake. It's a huge waste of taxpayers' money, but hey! If it means they'll be able to get rid of lower income citizens to bring in high income ones by selling the land to developpers, it's a win!
Why didn't anyone keep receipts? If I was part of one of these programs, I would have had a dedicated folder just for those receipts.
Road Home needs to be Audited and Investigated By Feds.
Bruh I was working at Tower records when Katrina happened. That WAS 2006!!?? Wtf is Louisiana doing??😒😒
Katrina! 2005!!
This is wrong , these are your citizens
So several courts have basically already decided the State has no standing, and yet they're still going through with it?
this is why friends refused "grants" from FEMA after Hurricane Sandy. might as well borrow from bank.
Outrageous!!