A welcome decision came last week from the NC Department of Insurance. The state of North Carolina effective December 10 temporarily relaxed its rules regarding housing. This will exempt temporary housing structures from permit and inspection requirements– and shield state and local government from liability. It would enable property owners to “execute an affidavit” saying they comply with the emergency rule.
This is a positive step that should have come much sooner. The state should not have waited until after the weather had already turned freezing in the mountains. It was a horrible thing that citizens were forbidden from using temporary structures– such as the “tiny houses” provided by the Amish– and forced to live in tents.
Yes. The State should have acted sooner.Those people need help. Give through charities such as Samaritan’s Purse.
Good advice, Fred. An objective look back on the state’s handling of this situation is inevitably going to be devastating. It’s bound to happen at some point in the future.