So solve them. What are you waiting for? What is it you need? As long as you get food to eat and water to drink from the government, rebuild using the sweat of your brow. You owe it to the taxpayers.
And I mean "you" collectively. Not personally.
Thats what we are doing down here. The main concern is the levee system. Also if we dont get funds now for major restoration of the coast then by human nature the project will be forgotten untill the next trajedy hits