Galveston County will have completed repairing or rebuilding most of its 625 homes by Sept. 30, but the city is a long way from completing its 1,033.

Fattig said a congressional appropriation is required for renewal of the $5 million disaster grant that was also used to provide families with a place to stay while their houses are rebuilt and to store their goods.

Grandson’s only income is a $1,000 monthly Social Security check. She says she can’t afford to furnish her house when it is rebuilt. “I had a washer and a dryer, but everything is gone,” Grandson said. “My clothes, my house — everything.”

As of July 1, the city had repaired or rebuilt 38 houses since Camp, Dresser and McKee received a contract to handle the work nearly two years ago.

The process is mired in federal and state-required paperwork, said Siefert, a CDM employee. The biggest obstacle is the requirement that homes be inspected first by the city and state historical commissions.

Siefert said 937 of the 1,217 active applications had to be sent to the Texas Historical Commission for approval. Of those, 425 were deemed “historically eligible,” meaning that all plans had to be approved by the Historical Commission.

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