. >> the evidence says tracy ross of the center for american progress follows every weather disaster. >> while people like to say that extreme weather events such as hurricanes and floods are great equalizers that don't discriminate based off of race or ethnicity, it's not true. >> eight years after hurricane katrina drove public housing from their homes, they returned to less than a third. and less than half of new york city's public housing residents were displaced by hurricane sandy. >> we tend to look at this as a linear issue and it's 92nd that way at ul. plenty of people were displaced and not able to return. >> in the short term, major storms are left communities without power and clean water for weeks and residents with few options for shelter. >> when you came back what did you find? >> this, a disaster. >> it's not supposed to look like -- your floor! >> here, it's actually -- >> your floor is giving in. >> it is, all over in all the rooms. >> sheila chandler took her family to a motel for the first few nights. she came back hoping to find something left to salvage. >> what

. >> the evidence says tracy ross, follows every disaster. >> while people like to say weather event such as hurricanes or floods are equal acers that don't discriminate based off of race or ethnicity. they exacerbate the underlying socioeconomic problems. we are all in this together when a storm hits, the people that are hurt the most are low income people and people of colour. >> the money may come. but it can take years to rebuild poor communities. eight years after people were driven from public homes, the city was left with half as many public housing units to come home to. more than a third of those were on government assistance in the wake of hurricane sandy, and more than half of the residents were displaced by that form. >> we think of recovery as a linear process. it's not like that. plenty have been displaced. not able to return. >> in the short term major storms left the communities without power and clean water for weeks, and residents with if you options for shelter. >> when you came back, what did you find? >> this, a disaster. >> it's not supposed to look... >> yes. >