Article 5PAWJ He ‘put everything’ into his Louisiana home. Hurricane Ida destroyed it in one day

He ‘put everything’ into his Louisiana home. Hurricane Ida destroyed it in one day

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Oliver Laughland in Reserve, Lousiana
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Robert Taylor built his home in stages, using paychecks from three jobs - now almost the entire second floor has been destroyed and the lower floor is encased by mould

On East 36th Street in Reserve, Louisiana, sits a family house constructed from the bottom up with bricks and mortar, plywood and cement.

Robert Taylor built this family home in stages, using paychecks from the three jobs he worked and assistance from the Farmers Home Association, the now defunct federal government agency that assisted low-income rural communities to buy land.

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