More than 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene across Western North Carolina.
NOV. 7, 2024 - Danny Bailey lost his Swannanoa home during the flooding from Helene. He is now living on his property in a camper donated by a church. That includes apartment buildings, single family homes and trailers across the region, and this impacts an estimated 200,000 people.Now agencies, organizations, non-profits and even strangers are stepping to try to help provide housing.Without a donated camper, Danny Bailey would be homeless.
"It feels bad and it's rough but there's a reason for it and I trust the Lord that He will let me know," said Bailey. "I mean, I've lost everything, but there's people out here who have lost more than that, so I'm pretty blessed because everybody in my family come out and everybody in the community come out okay."Bailey tells News 13 he has received $750 from FEMA so far and is hoping to get more money to help him rebuild.
Bartholomew with Pisgah Legal tells News 13 that the storm damaged or destroyed more than 125,000 housing units throughout Western North Carolina. He says they have heard from many families who were displaced by Helene and have nowhere to go."It's absolutely devastating and the situation on the ground before the natural disaster was so many people were cost-burdened and they were struggling to afford the places they had," said Bartholomew.
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