Hundreds of hurricane victims scramble to find housing as Ida Sheltering Program nears end [Video]

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – One week from Tuesday (April 23), hundreds of people who lost everything in Hurricane Ida will be forced out of their travel trailers.

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) said the state’s Ida Sheltering Program is coming to a close, after it was extended by almost a year.

State leaders said the trailers have slowly been returned and auctioned off as the number of units in use dwindles down to nearly 600. The families in those trailers have until next Tuesday (April 30) to move out.

“I don’t know how anything is still standing,” said Wayde Bonvillain. “She said, ‘daddy,’ she said, ‘you’ve got nothing left.’”

Two and a half years later and those feelings from Ida came flooding back for Wayde Bonvillain.

“I’ve got one week until the 30th and that’s it. I’m going to be on the road, and I’m …