Windsor-Essex residents dealing with flood damage can now apply to get financial assistance from the province.
Minister of Municipal Affairs Bill Mauro met with a team assessing damage in Tecumseh, Lakeshore and Windsor, and has determined that the region needs access to disaster relief programming.
Half of the programming is for citizens, although Mauro's quick to point out that the funding is not a replacement for insurance.
"For those who do have insurance, there is a capacity beyond what your insurance will cover you for," he explains. "For those who are uninsured, there is potential for there to be assistance for them as well, based on the essential components of what they may have damaged."
The other half of the disaster relief programming is for municipal infrastructure that may need repair.
Mauro says residents will need to go through their insurers in order to apply to the program. The ministry will then determine how much funding each case is eligable for.
The minister is not sure how long the process could take, as each case could be different.
To learn more about disaster relief eligibility, visit ontario.ca/disasterassistance.
According to Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, there are about 1,900 houses in the city's east end that have suffered flood damage. Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara says about 1,200 have been reported in his town. Both say those numbers continue to grow, as residents return home from weekends spent out of town.
