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Massive Cuts to a HUD Office Would Slow Disaster Aid to Hard-Hit N.C. Communities

Inside Climate News · By Lisa Sorg · last updated
More than $1 billion has been approved to help western North Carolina. But the Trump administration reportedly plans to lay off most of the staffers who disperse such funding.

By Lisa Sorg

CANTON, N.C.—This resilient mountain town of 4,400 people west of Asheville has endured more hardship in the last four years than seems fair: Tropical Storm Fred in 2021. The closure of a 115-year-old paper mill, the town’s biggest employer, in 2023. 

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