Stewart: Flooding Victims All in Housing

Chairman Corey Stewart announced Tuesday in a press release that "all of the residents who were displaced from the mobile home community have been moved out of the temporary shelter and are now in housing."

“These folks have been through a lot. I am relieved that housing has been located for them. We owe a big "thank you" to First Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Woodbridge for opening their door as a temporary shelter, the American Red Cross who operated the shelters, the County and Park Authority staff who spent thousands of hours dealing with the aftermath of the destruction caused by Hurricane Lee, and the many other churches, nonprofits and private citizens who pulled together to offer a warm hand of help to these folks when they needed it most," said Stewart in a prepared statement. 

said that more than 40 families from the flooding are without permanent housing.

The release from Stewart also noted that "the Board of County Supervisors provided $65,000 in proffered funds to the American Red Cross and other nonprofit organizations to assist the Holly Acres residents and an additional $20,000 to the Prince William Park Authority for the use of the Dale City Recreation Center as a shelter."