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DKos Asheville Open Thread [1]
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Date: 2025-05-03
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The state will field bids to demolish, repair and rebuild homes in the mountains. After struggles in eastern NC, officials aim to chart a different course.
As she briefed contractors about their upcoming bids to rebuild housing in western North Carolina last week, a state official laid out a candid assessment of the mission ahead.
“We need you, desperately, to build those homes and get people home,” said Angie Dunaway, the director of contracting for the NC Department of Commerce’s new team leading Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
In early May, the state will begin fielding offers from companies to demolish, repair and rebuild homes destroyed by the deadliest storm in North Carolina history.
It is a monumental task in both scope and logistics. The western mountains will require “some special type of building,” Dunaway told contractors. And the capital involved will be immense — including more than $1.4 billion in federal money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
At every turn, the process will be closely scrutinized. Mismanagement and accounting errors plagued the state’s home rebuilding program after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. Years later, some of those homes are still incomplete. Furious state lawmakers have made it clear they have little patience this time around.
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