Flood Damage

The funding comes after flooding caused by Tropical Storm Fred damaged hundreds of homes in August.

Hundreds of residents and businesses in Steuben and other counties lost property after flooding last summer. The U.S. Small Business Administration is now offering loans to fill in the gaps. But some are saying the help has arrived too late.

Local officials and developers say new affordable apartments are breathing life into one Broome County neighborhood.

While the county can use FEMA public assistance to repair schools and other publicly-funded institutions, its residential neighbors are not eligible.

“These aren’t small repairs. A furnace is anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000.”

“It’s like a race against Mother Nature."

“What’s happening in the watershed in terms of land use and these precipitation patterns means that these boundaries shift.”

"I was like, 'oh my gosh, oh my gosh, what do I do?'"

“That doesn’t exist. We don’t have a lot of affordable housing anywhere in Delaware County.”

“We’re very limited on additional housing solutions in that region, so I’m not sure what the permanent solutions are going to be at this point."