A North Carolina mayor’s daughter who lost her home in Hurricane Helene was allegedly turned down for the $750 FEMA emergency grant – and got only $300 that “won’t even cover what’s in her refrigerator,” her furious dad said.
Newland Mayor Derek Roberts’ daughter applied for the $750 Serious Needs Assistance from FEMA when her home was decimated by Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters nearly two weeks ago, he told FOX News on Tuesday night.
“My daughter, whose house got completely wiped out, she has no flood insurance. She meets with a FEMA person, applies for everything…she doesn’t get the $750 that Kamala says she is supposed to get,” Roberts lamented.
“[She] gets approved for $300 for personal items. What’s that supposed to do?” he continued.
“That’s literally all she got. Her entire first floor is wiped out, we hauled everything off, it’s gone…that won’t even cover what’s in her refrigerator.”
Roberts’ office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for a comment.
Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned the Serious Needs Assistance grant during a speech last week – drawing outcry from opponents who believed the government only planned to give storm victims $750 to cover massive amounts of damage.
In fact, the $750 is intended as an initial, upfront payment for immediate needs like food and medication, according to FEMA.
Following the initial payment, storm victims are eligible for additional funds based on an assessment by the agency.
As of Tuesday, FEMA had given over $210 million to communities impacted by the massive hurricane.
Desperate North Carolina residents, however, have repeatedly called out FEMA for seemingly abandoning them in the aftermath of the Helene, which laid waste to swaths of the western part of the state.
A group of intrepid good Samaritans even banded together to provide much-needed assistance.
Local airports including City of Statesville Regional Airport and Hickory Regional Airport have transformed into donation dropoff and delivery zones thanks to volunteers lending critical supplies and in some cases, planes.
“The amount of pilots coming in and out of Statesville today is amazing. Because of their generosity, our community is saving lives. We were able to get supplies to a remote area today for at least 100 people who had no contact with anyone until yesterday,” a volunteer posted last week on the Facebook page of what’s been dubbed the Hurricane Helene Airlift Relief.