Rodanthe residents are moving their houses, some frustrated by a lengthy process

RODANTHE, N.C. — Homeowners of precarious oceanfront structures in Rodanthe have been encouraged to move their houses before they are taken by the sea.

Proactive residents have begun the process to get their house moved — however, some claimed that paperwork and bureaucratic red tape has slowed this effort down. Like Betty Jane Saylor, whose home sustained damage during Hurricane Erin's brush past the East Coast.

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"I want people to know it's not the homeowner's fault these houses are falling in. It's the federal government and CAMA, they're taking too long with all this paperwork," Saylor said.

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