Building fair protection before the next disaster arrives.
When Hurricane Helene swept through Asheville in 2024, it left more than broken roads and flooded homes.
It left a feeling many people in our community know too well—that when disaster strikes, help doesn’t always arrive in time, and it doesn’t always reach the people who need it most.
Families waited weeks for adjusters. Small businesses struggled to reopen. Renters lost everything and had no clear path to recover. The storm revealed how uneven our safety nets can be, especially for those already carrying the weight of economic or racial inequity…