Hurricane Ian worsens Florida's housing crisis
Before Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage in Florida, Alaura Miller considered herself a part of the lower middle class.
Before Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage in Florida, Alaura Miller considered herself a part of the lower middle class.
Now, she says, she's among the poor.
The mobile home Miller rented for $1,000 a month and shared with her 23-year-old son in the inland community of Arcadia was so severely damaged it will have to be demolished.
"We really don't know what direction we're going — whether we go out of state or stay," she said, adding that without rental assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency she will be forced to move to Texas to live with one of her daughters.
Aerial footage shows Hurricane Ian's impact on Fort Myers BeachSept. 30, 202201:21Miller, 60, a retired barber, is among Floridians on low or fixed incomes struggling to find affordable housing in one of the nation's most popular and expensive states to live.
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