Thousands of Detroit flood victims still waiting for aid 9 months later • Outlier Media
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Financial help from the government may never materialize for some Detroit victims of last summer’s devastating flooding while thousands of others have been denied recovery aid. Federal data shows that nearly 39,000 households in the city had gotten some money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as of March 1 for flood damage. But another 8,204 families are […]

Jacqueline Richmond lost many heirlooms, including her late father’s collection of tools that earned him the title of neighborhood handyman and the most heartbreaking loss: her family’s Christmas tree topper — a Black angel that had been in her family for more than four decades. “You name it, we lost it,” she said. Richmond now has shelves in her basement, leaving nothing of value on the floor.