The two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy is just around the corner, but it still take several more years for homeowners to get funding to rebuild. A report from the Department of Investigation says that a whopping 90 percent of homeowners seeking help through the Build it Back program have yet to receive money. The problem, as usual with these programs, is bureaucracy: "A confusing, multilayered application process" has "caused bottlenecks." [WSJ; previously]
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