A Houston woman received keys to a new home Tuesday after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her previous house.
"I didn’t show it, you’re not supposed to, but I was miserable," said Dorothy J. Diggs.We first did a news report with Diggs in August, five years after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. Ever since the hurricane, Diggs had been living in the house off Bay Cedar Drive filled with mold and rats. The plumbing didn’t work, and she had no insurance.FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff spoke with one woman who is still waiting for help repairing her home five years after Hurricane Harvey.
A spokesperson from the Texas General Land Office says they approved construction on the new home last January. However, paperwork and permits slowed down the process. Soon after our second story with Diggs aired in September, the 79-year-old was moved into a hotel, so demolition could begin."[The news reports were] really helpful," said Brittany Eck from the Texas General Land Office. "Sometimes you have to draw attention to these hiccups to the system.
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