By LORI KERSEY
Charleston Gazette-Mail
(Gazette-Mail photo by Chris Dorst)
LESLIE, W.Va. — When John Harris and his family moved into their church’s parsonage, it was supposed to be a temporary solution.
The 40-year-old’s home in Leslie, Greenbrier County, was damaged beyond repair during the June 2016 flood. His church took them in last October, and they signed a three-month lease. They expected to be in a new home built by the state’s RISE program soon after.
RISE first told him he’d have a new house by Thanksgiving, Harris said — then by Christmas, then by February. Four months later, in early June, they were still waiting.
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