<p>Andre Moseley’s Austin home was hammered by flooding twice in the summer of 2023, causing a lot of damage and leaving a stale smell of sewage in his basement.</p><p>“It was horrible,” he said. “It was coming at such a fast rate.”</p><p>The 2023 floods <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2023/7/24/23802998/flooded-basement-chicago-july-storm-record" target="_blank" ><u>drenched tens of thousands</u></a> of homes on the West Side, South Side and nearby suburbs with 8 to 9 inches over a short period.</p><p>Moseley’s basement, which he’d used as a recreation room, has been uninhabitable ever since. He got an initial $4,000 from the federal government, but it didn’t cover all the costs of the repairs, and he doesn’t have flood insurance.</p><p>Now he’s hoping for financial help from the city to repair his basement, though that isn’t likely to happen until next year — four years after the historic 2023 floods.</p><p>But Moseley doesn’t just need his basement fixed.