Public meeting over landslides in Colorado Springs

has some damage from landslide. one of the worst is this home… and the homeowner has few options. shards of glass remain where windows once stood. sot: july 2015, you start hearing different things, and stuff moving, and this – used to be a fireplace. thanks to landslides – the home is now condemned. sot: the whole foundation was cracked. what went through my mind? i’m screwed, you don’t know what’s going on. the ground just broke through it’s still hard for him to look at his house now – versus what it looked like just two years ago. green grass and a pristine yard – now piles of glass, and mountains of sediment. sot:it just got too dangerous to be in there, the electricity, the gas, you could just hear the stuff creepin and crackin. standup: this is some of the worst damage, but the problem is not unique. since it was all caused by landsldies, insurance companies won’t touch covering the damage. which is why he and others came here to get answers. the assessor’s office says 46 homes have damage … and the city is looking to fema to get homeowners reimbursed for up to 75 percent of their home’s value. sot: have you ever seen anything like this? no. city emergency management is also exploring options for grants to offer buyouts. city sot: though there’s no guarantee we’ll get that money. and those applications and funding could take years… sot: it’s time and money time and money leaving homeowners at