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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost

By MICHAEL CASEY
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — After her
home flooded five times in
the past year, Tilicia Owens
was on edge with every im-
pending storm and ready
to leave her Detroit neigh-
borhood behind.
But then the 40-year-old
quality engineer heard the
city had a program that
could prevent heavy rains
from inundating her base-
ment and damaging her
furniture, photos and exer-
cise equipment. The city is
tapping $2.5 million in fed-
eral stimulus money as part
of a $15 million effort to
provide pumps and other
equipment to help prevent
flooding in 11 neighbor-
hoods.
"That would mean the
world to me," said Owens, BROKEN
who has applied to the
city's Basement Backup
Protection Program, which
would provide homeown-
ers a pump to remove HOUSE
floodwaters or a valve out-
side the home to prevent
water from entering.
“I have invested so much
into my home,” she added. Supporters of the homeless community, as well as unhoused individuals themselves, stand with signs in reaction to a counter protest
by Idaho Liberty Dogs on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, outside the former Ada County Courthouse building in downtown Boise, Idaho.
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