Connie Uddo is taking a 911 call to Washington this week. Her main message to a Sen. Mary Landrieu's subcommittee: Road Home applicants are hanging on by the thinnest of threads, waiting for money to rebuild.
"Our patients are dying, and we are losing time," she said. "You need to help us here. How long can we hang on. Seven years? We can hardly hold on seven months."
It would take seven years at the Road Home's current pace to take care of people in Lakeview alone.
Overall, just 20,000 people have gotten money, while 120,000 still wait.
"This is our second disaster -- the Road Home program," said Frank Trapani, with the New Orleans Realtors Association. "People want to come home, and we need to assist them any way we can."
He said that even when people finally get their Road Home money, homeowners insurance is outrageous.
"Insurance is killing us. We need assistance in that department," he said.
Both Uddo and Trapani said they'll tell senators that help must come now, or there won't be a home at the end of the road at all.
The Road Home program faces a budget shortfall of more than $3 billion, and the subcommittee is looking for ways to keep it afloat.
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