An attorney in eastern Kentucky is organizing a legal team to help flood victims requesting assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Ned Pillersdorf said they did the same thing after the flood of July 2022, when lawyers learned how to manage FEMA applications, then passed the information to victims.
“Navigating the bureaucracy can be a problem. And I remember, in July of 2022 we got, pardon the pun, we got flooded with phone calls, and then we found some people at FEMA we could talk to, and we helped people with the paperwork. It’s a true humanitarian crisis here right now.”
Pillersdorf said the assistance will once again be free.
“The cruel reality is, most of the people around here don't have flood insurance, and unfortunately, these floods tend to hit in areas where people have less economic ability to deal with such a humanitarian crisis that's going on.”
Pillersdorf said his group will partner with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky’s disaster response team.
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