I saw a piece on TV a few months back where the local government on Galveston Island wanted to take the government HUD money and use it for rentals instead of a housing project (because of upkeep and crime associated in those dwellings) - and HUD flatly refused. They have to rebuild projects or lose the money. HUD doesn't care that assimilating folks into existing housing is better for them as well as lower crime rates since you don't have a large group of welfare rats sitting around all day together ( does that sound harsh?) - of course the HUD offices based in Houston are reportedly being investigated for all sorts of waste and fraud.....another piece showed a 98 THOUSAND dollar statue that was commissioned for some housing project. I realize that doesn't sound like a lot of money in the northeast, but $98K would build two small homes in Texas for the elderly.
Yeah, Houston is a mess, politically. I live outside Houston.
The towns and cities did a good job at the initial clean-up - schools, trash, roads, utilities, water.
The messes you are seeing come in the aftermath among the race baiters, politicans, DC wackos, etc. I don’t even hardly look at all that garbage unless it’s in my back yard. It makes me crazy. : )
That little disaster service project I signed up for before the storm turned out to be massive and intense for some months. But everyone got out alive and physically recovered. It takes people a while to recover inside themselves. It’s so difficult, disheartening and disruptive. When everything is up-side-down, it helps to be around a bunch of determined bossy Christian men working a project they know well. It is kinda like working through a war zone. Things are hopping! LOL