By: Brad McElhinny | Posted: July 13, 2018 | Source: WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Rise West Virginia program has completed seven homes during the two years after hundreds of West Virginians lost their homes in devastating floods.
That’s the bottom line in an update today by Adjutant Gen. James Hoyer of the West Virginia National Guard.
West Virginia’s long-term flood recovery program has been beset by delays and frustration. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which approved the state’s use of $149 million in disaster relief grants on Feb. 20, continues to label the state a slow spender.
HUD has labeled West Virginia a slow spender at the beginning of July, June, May and April.
On June 4, after simmering controversy over the…
