More than 2,700 families in North Carolina are still waiting for state help rebuilding their homes, some of which were
damaged as far back as 2016. ReBuild NC
is a program in North Carolina, backed by federal dollars, that helps low-income homeowners fix or rebuild their hurricane-damaged homes. The program started after Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and some homeowners are still awaiting repairs from that storm.
Over the years
ABC11 Troubleshooter investigations
exposed thousands of homeowners in the program who had to wait several years for help.
Susan Darnell is one of those homeowners. Hurricane Matthew caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to her Fayetteville area home in 2016. Now, more than seven years later, she has finally been able to move back home.
“It’s a relief to me to come home,” Darnell said. “It’s been a long time.”
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