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A year after floods, suburban homeowners ready to let homes go | |
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April 18, 2014 "WHEN HEATHER AND MATTHEW ROPPEL WERE TOLD EARLY LAST YEAR THEIR DES PLAINES HOME ON BIG BEND DRIVE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR A VOLUNTARY FEDERAL FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAM, THEY WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO SIGN UP. A YEAR AFTER THE APRIL 18, 2013, FLOOD, THE ROPPELS AND 20 NEIGHBORS LEARNED THERE'S NOW FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM FEMA TO BUY OUT THEIR HOMES. "QUITE HONESTLY I CAN'T LIVE THROUGH IT ANYMORE," HEATHER ROPPEL SAID." Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140418/news/140418384/ |
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