People all over the Tampa Bay Area are receiving denial emails after applying for a program called Elevate Florida.

The program aims to help raise homes above flood risk, but thousands of people who had hoped for the funding are now going back to the drawing board.

"It just seems like a false sense of hope is what they gave you," said John Hayducka, who lives in Shore Acres.

Hope is the one thing people in Shore Acres held onto after Hurricane Helene flooded their homes.

"I haven't been back in my house since the day of the hurricane so we are going on six or seven months now," said Hayducka.

Hayducka was at a loss for what to do, but then he heard about a possible solution: a program called Elevate Florida.

"It would be nice knowing that you wouldn't have to worry about this happeni

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