TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Treasure Island City Commissioners urge residents making hurricane-related repairs to submit permit applications by the May 31 deadline to have permit fees waived.
Treasure Island resident Barb Adams is finally moving back into her hurricane-damaged home next week.
She and her husband have been living in temporary housing for nearly eight months since Hurricane Helene and they’ve spent more than $100,000 making major repairs.
“Any money that we did have saved is all going into trying to stay where we live, because if we sell it, we are going to take such a huge hit, and then what are we going to buy?” said Adams. “We can’t live anywhere near the community where we have developed roots and friendships and our work.”…