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djdeforte t1_j26wspz wrote
And most of the destroyed houses are near the coast. The coast, regardless of where is going to have multi million dollar homes. They don’t need to be massive mansions. It’s about location.
foodcoma85 t1_j26xbq3 wrote
100% truth
phutch54 t1_j24sepo wrote
So, there were no lower income homeowners denied funds just to accommodate wealthier people.Poor people got money, rich people got the same money too.What's the pearl clutching for? Sounds like the program worked as designed.Wealthy people should be denied just because they are wealthy?
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activehobbies t1_j256l0p wrote
They can afford to rebuild.
The poor and the middle class can't.
SadAd9756 t1_j25e1zm wrote
Just because the home is "worth" millions of dollars does not mean the homeowner/s are wealthy. They could have been in those homes for decades when they were worth a "normal" amount, and because of the market now, they shot up in value. And even if they are wealthy, why does that disqualify them from something their taxes paid into?
keepcold t1_j26h9bk wrote
People of different income brackets were treated equally and yet you still complain. Unreal.
Jawaka99 t1_j25u18q wrote
They're the ones paying the taxes that fund these programs and you're going to make them ineligible?
hillarysabortedson t1_j26nzvm wrote
Assuming they paid taxes, why shouldn’t they be allowed to participate in government funded programs?
ctusa73 t1_j24q6re wrote
Probably the same people who blew PPP at the casino then raged about immigrants and welfare poor
AdHistorical7107 t1_j292z9x wrote
Don't forget. They also don't want the government involved in your life, but damned them for letting eversource raise rates and bless them for restricting abortion!
whatwouldyouputhere t1_j24p5y9 wrote
Were these homes damaged by the disaster?
They were? Oh my God, money was used for its intended purpose, the horror!
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whatwouldyouputhere t1_j24w5vs wrote
They were, until HUD relaxed the guidelines, per the 1st paragraph. Or the Sub-headline?
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whatwouldyouputhere t1_j24y7mn wrote
It should never have been restricted in the first place. If you were damaged by a government declared disaster, the government should help out with the recovery.
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johnsonutah t1_j26k6gk wrote
It shouldn’t be surprising that the people who pay the highest income taxes and contribute the most to tax revenue in CT and in the USA are granted access to emergency disaster relief….
Also there’s nothing indicating everyone living in those homes could afford a $1mm down payment or $10k mortgages
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whatwouldyouputhere t1_j25290v wrote
You're just out to punish success I guess.
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whatwouldyouputhere t1_j25kvch wrote
Given I know people for whom that's not true, you should try assuming less. You're making an ass of yourself.
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whatwouldyouputhere t1_j25n5kt wrote
Who said anything about them being rich? I said they gave me a privileged upbringing. Maybe we have different definitions of the word.
As I said, you've been lying about me, to yourself at minimum, the entire time. Good job using multiple accounts to stalk people across multiple subreddits. Really speaks to a healthy individual.
The fact I know people who have earned their multimillion dollar houses has nothing to do with me.
IndicationOver OP t1_j24rb36 wrote
Yea I guess because a home is worth more than avg it does not deserve natural disaster aid.
What happen to us as a society?
JayB2A t1_j24ytl7 wrote
If you have a multi million dollar house, you don't need any government assistance. You can afford to fix it yourself. Sell it if you can't. We need to stop bailing out rich people with houses built in areas where they know a storm will inevitably damage the building.
Luis__FIGO t1_j269esg wrote
How do you expect to pay for the assistance?
People only pay into it because they can get something out of it when shit hits the fan.
beanie0911 t1_j269iub wrote
So let’s take this one step further. Middle class homes in flood-prone areas in Houston. Poor neighborhoods in historic low-lying areas in New Orleans. Should those people get any assistance the next time their homes get destroyed? I’m genuinely asking. Because I struggle with this question myself. Should we give people vouchers to move somewhere else “safer” instead?
JayB2A t1_j26efkv wrote
Moving them is the best long term solution. It's ridiculous that houses get destroyed and rebuilt every few years. Insurance will eventually refuse to cover costal areas, rates can never go high enough to cover the cost of a hurricane destroying hundreds or thousands of homes every couple years.
phutch54 t1_j24skif wrote
Politico is like Veritas in that they like to manufacture outrage where none is warranted.
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Humbabwe t1_j260lik wrote
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Specialist-Lion-8135 t1_j27c8ua wrote
Yeah, nice try. Like federal funds used in 2011 had anything to do with Lamont or the pandemic.
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Exciting_Ad_3510 t1_j24r6cs wrote
Misuse of funds ? NO WAY !
AdHistorical7107 t1_j292lvk wrote
Jeez. This sounds an awful lot like those PPP funds given to businesses who didn't really need it after all....
Where's the outrage there?
notbad2u t1_j25yvhy wrote
If news from ten years ago makes my brain hurt I can take an aspirin and go back to thinking about Putin's promise to nuke Ukraine and everybody else or write a scathing article about legally giving $150k to a millionaire two presidents ago.
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madnessdanz t1_j292h8y wrote
I mean leftover Sandy money funded my first job after becoming homeless with my 3month old baby.
They used leftover cash to fund the widening/finishing of the airline trail in North East CT. This was in 2013, They still had left over federal funds from sandy.
Made $12.75/hr(more than minimum wage at the time) to help cut trees, drag em to chippy. Got CPR/first aide certified, and set up networking with the state parks for future jobs.
Because of that funding I got my son and I out of a shelter and into stable housing by the time he was 6months old.
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madnessdanz t1_j293bfo wrote
Yeah my kid is 9 now, and I worked many seasons with CT state Parks.
I don't know about all these luxuries, nor do I care. Connecticut is a great place to be. Been here my entire life.
coolducklingcool t1_j29g41b wrote
So the the Governor’s salary is causing homelessness…? Logical conclusion.
MTGBruhs t1_j25e810 wrote
A million dollars is not that much money
CTLFCFan t1_j25fg7g wrote
These rich assholes should be embarrassed for even applying.
Jawaka99 t1_j25u4jg wrote
Yes, successful people should be shunned
madnessdanz t1_j291uh4 wrote
Successful doesn't mean rich dear god.
Can we untwist this definition that success equals a rich man's paycheck?
foodcoma85 t1_j25j6a5 wrote
This headline is doing a lot of disingenuous work here. The cap for how much you receive is 150k, so if someone lost a 2 million dollar home, they only received 150k for it in disaster aid. Also, for anyone wondering that also didn’t read past the headline, this was after Sandy in 2011, so here’s a preemptive shush for anyone who might think about smearing Lamont.