More Than A Month After Ida, A Family That Lost Everything Still Without a Home

WNYC News | Oct 13, 2021
Oscar Gomez had spotted a flyer for a basement apartment on a lamppost in Queens.
In 2011, he was looking for apartments for himself, his sister and her 10-year-old daughter Litzy, who Gomez was helping to raise. The three had been living together with other members of their extended family in a house they’d rented in Woodside. But the owner was selling off the property and wanted them out. 
Consider This Host Rebecca Ibarra speaks with WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan about the full story of a family whose basement apartment flooded during Ida, and more than a month since, the family is still searching for a new place to live.
Read more of Gwynne Hogan's reporting on Gothamist.com.

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