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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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[deleted] t1_j24vwo5 wrote

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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