Rebuild Florida recipients deal with another delay [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — A taxpayer-funded program to help low-income and seniors get back into their homes ravaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017 has hit another delay.

State officials tell 10 Investigates that all homes in the program will be completed by the end of the year. In May, the same officials said homes were set to be completed by July 25.

That’s when the contract with the state’s vendor, IEM, was up. IEM, the disaster recovery business won a $250 million contract to oversee the rebuild program.

Those in the program say they can’t deal with any more delays.

“There are no words for it,” said a Rebuild Florida recipient, Wendy Aguiar. She says her lot still sits empty waiting for a new mobile home. “I still have to pay …