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ReBuild NC

N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste

Also known as ReBuild NC, the agency wasn’t good at rebuilding, monitoring budgets, overseeing contractors or helping hurricane victims, many of whom were left living in motels for years while their homes were supposedly being rebuilt.

By Lisa Sorg

 In Lumberton, North Carolina, a car floats in front of a flooded home in September 2018 in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post via Getty Images
Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

NC Fires a Disaster Relief Subcontractor Founded by Former ReBuild NC Boss

By Lisa Sorg
A building damaged by Hurricane Helene is seen on March 24 in Asheville, N.C. Communities in western North Carolina continue the recovery process more than six months after the storm. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Despite Problems in and out of State, Horne LLP Is Again Chosen by N.C. Officials to Run Disaster Relief Efforts

By Lisa Sorg
Residents of Swannanoa live in campers and tents as their homes remain destroyed or uninhabitable from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?

By Lisa Sorg
Laura Hogshead (left), the director of ReBuild NC, and Pryor Gibson, advisor to Gov. Roy Cooper, are sworn in to testify in front of lawmakers about the state’s hurricane recovery housebuilding program on Monday. Credit: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline

ReBuild NC’s Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms

By Lisa Sorg
Heavy machinery clears a bridge covered in debris after Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28 in Lake Lure, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Lawmakers Grill ReBuild NC’s Director Over Performance Lapses and Budget Shortfalls

By Lisa Sorg
A mold filled room sits in an abandoned house in west Lumberton, N.C. on Oct. 16, 2018. Two years after Hurricane Matthew, Florence damaged homes in the same neighborhood. Many residents never returned. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

ReBuild NC Has a Deficit of Over $150 Million With 1,600 People Still Displaced by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence

By Lisa Sorg

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