Some Are Still Recovering From Hurricane Ike in 2011.

Hurricane Ike hit the gulf coast of Texas on Sept. 13, 2008 and as of the date this was written, thousands of homeowners are still struggling to recover.

The city of Houston received more than 2,300 applications for housing assistance due to the destructive storm, and they only have the funds to help 242 of those families.

Vertie Fobbs, age 81 and a resident of Sunnyside, is left with a battered home from the hurricane that struck three years ago. "When it rains, that water comes from here and runs down that bathroom wall,” Vertie Fobbs said. She says she has lived in her home for 46 years and does not want to move. She hired a contractor who took her money and left a mess. So, as a last resort she turned to the city of Houston for help.

The problem is that she’s not alone. One of her friends is in the same situation, with walls caked with mold from Hurricane Ike 's water damage.

“We are working as fast as we can,” said Marc Eichenbaum with the city’s Housing and Community Development office.

“We’re waiting for that money to come in to Houston, but, to date, we haven’t received it and we don’t know when we’ll ever receive it,” Eichenbaum said.

There are over 2,300 stories like this one just in Houston. There must be tens of thousands of similar stories from cities that were touched by Ike, but it appears that there’s not enough money to go around.