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Why proving disaster losses feels impossible and dehumanizing

The insurance adjuster keeps asking me to prove what I owned in the flood but who photographs their sock drawer and how do you put a price on your child's artwork.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Bureaucratic requirements to quantify intimate possessions reduces lived experience to inadequate documentation.

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“Where Are You with Financial recovery after disaster?”

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