{"id":1763484,"date":"2022-12-05T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763484"},"modified":"2022-12-05T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:03:09","slug":"desantis-announces-hurricane-relief-funding-faults-bidens-fema-for-stiffing-rebuilding-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-announces-hurricane-relief-funding-faults-bidens-fema-for-stiffing-rebuilding-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Announces Hurricane Relief Funding; Faults Biden\u2019s FEMA For Stiffing Rebuilding Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-announces-hurricane-relief-funding-faults-bidens-fema-for-stiffing-rebuilding-program%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday announced plans to provide over $60 million to help homeowners rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Ian, and took a swipe at FEMA for not kicking in to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Some $25 million will go\u00a0to purchasing building materials which will be provided to verified non-profit organizations to make damaged homes habitable.\u00a0More than 2,000 people have already applied for the aid, said DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done is launch a first-of-its-kind, state-led housing initiative to provide travel trailers and recreational vehicles to impacted Floridians who may not be eligible for FEMA\u2019s direct housing program,\u201d DeSantis said at a morning news conference in Punta Gorda also attended by First Lady Casey DeSantis. \u201cWe also think we can do it quicker and more efficiently than FEMA.<\/p>\n<p>Another $35.2 million from the Florida Disaster Fund, which Casey DeSantis set up in the days before the storm struck Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast in last September, will fund the state\u2019s home repair program.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA has provided nearly $3 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments to Florida following <a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hurricane-ian-aftermath-videos-show-widespread-destruction-across-florida-1747601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Ian recovery<\/a>. But when DeSantis asked the agency to chip in $25 million to help with the state initiative dubbed UniteFlorida, the agency declined, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we got word last week that FEMA had denied our request for funding our state-led housing initiative, citing their \u2018limited authority,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re not just gonna sit there and take no for an answer; we\u2019re going to figure out what we can do. So that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing today; we want to cut through bureaucracy; we want to bring relief to impacted Floridians regardless of whether FEMA wants to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casey DeSantis said nonprofits and volunteers are providing the labor and the state and generous donors are funding the materials as the state bounces back from the devastating storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where you really break through the bureaucracy and you maximize the dollars that are coming in,\u201d Casey DeSantis said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a government go at it alone, but it\u2019s really everybody uniting for the benefit of everybody here who are affected by the hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said people from all over the state and nation kicked into the Florida Recovery Fund, which has taken in $57 million. The money will provide volunteers helping to rebuild homes by needed supplies, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen these people are coming from all over the country, from Colorado and Washington state to volunteer their time, to help rebuild people\u2019s homes., we\u2019re going to help supplement their efforts through the generosity of the Florida fund,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday announced plans to provide over $60 million to help homeowners rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Ian, and took a swipe at FEMA for not kicking into the program. 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