The state was already facing a shortage of affordable housing when the storm struck, forcing people who lost their homes to compete with those already trying to find a home.
caused billions of dollars in damage in Florida, Alaura Miller considered herself a part of the lower middle class.The mobile home Miller rented for $1,000 a month and shared with her 23-year-old son in the inland community of Arcadia was so severely damaged it will have to be demolished.
"And so, people who have lost their homes are going to be competing with the people who are already trying to find affordable housing. It's a tough, tough situation."Residents of mobile homes clean up debris in Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 29 after Hurricane Ian."There have been really high accelerating rents in Florida, particularly over the past year," she said."And wages haven't kept pace.
Miller said that between her meager savings and the money her son earns as a Winn-Dixie supermarket employee, the two can't afford a more costly rental. Arcadia is in one of the state's poorest counties. She added:"I've never been put in a position before where I've had to worry about where I'm going to live or where I'm going to go."
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