AUSTIN — More than two years after summer storms ravaged their homes, a group of West Side seniors are still looking for help from the city and other government agencies — and they plan on taking their grievances to City Hall next week.
Members of the group, which is known as West Side Seniorss, plan to protest what they call the unequal distribution of aid and the lack of help for victims of the 2023 floods. Memers and other neighbors met Wednesday at the Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd., to discuss their experiences.
“The damage was done to the home itself. The water is still in the walls, and the mold is killing us,” said Larry Quinn, who lives in the 4800 block of West Huron Street.
Quinn is one of thousands of West Siders whose homes were flooded during record-breakin