Flood-Ravaged Community Demands Help from Hatboro Government
Officials say they plan to coordinate with state and federal agencies and will revisit a flood damage inventory and DEP study, which has stalled for the last several months.
Spurred by two recent devastating storms and subsequent flooding, about 60 Hatboro residents filled the Hatboro Borough Council meeting Monday night in an attempt to get answers. The sometimes-heated question-and-answer session with the governing body may have resulted in more questions than answers. Would Hatboro be declared a federal disaster site? If so, when would that happen? What help is offered for residents – particularly those from the oft-flooded Woodwinds community – as they are forced to rebuild again? Could homes that sustained significant flood damage be purchased by the federal government, as officials had suggested? And, perhaps the million dollar question: What’s being done to stop the overflow of water from Pennypack …
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Bill Tompkins
11:26 pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
just found the following looking online The assistance is available to homeowners and renters. It can help pay for repairs, rental assistance, and other disaster-related expenses not covered by insurance or other relief, said OEM. The program also is in place in Bucks, Chester, Delaware Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and other Pa. counties. To apply for individual assistance go to http://www.… more ›