About 250 Queens residents displaced by a horrific 2023 fire are still without permanent homes while an insurance firm drags its feet on paying out claims, according to the enraged tenants and local pols.

“It’s been an absolute bureaucratic nightmare,” said Lauren Koenig, one of the hordes of tenants booted by the five-alarm blaze at their building at 43-09 47th Ave. in Sunnyside in December nearly two years ago.

“Every step of the way has been like the fire,” said Koenig, 43, who lived at the site for 11 years before a construction worker’s blowtorch accidentally lit up the building. 6

Many of the affected longtime tenants lived in rent-stabilized units in the building and are now paying higher rent elsewhere amid the red tape over their and the building owners’ claims.

Since t

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