Residents living in Good Samaritan Village in Kissimmee are being allowed back into their community after officials lifted a mandatory evacuation order Monday.

Several hundred residents from that community were on hand for a town hall meeting Monday night, looking for help and answers. 

It was standing room only when the meeting began Monday, but about halfway in people started walking out. Many say they showed up thinking they were going to get help, and instead were informed about resources which they already knew.

Before the town hall meeting for residents of the Good Samaritan village could begin with county leaders, more chairs had to be brought in.

Rosemary Orloff was forced to leave her home after Hurricane Ian. Flooding waters destroyed parts of her home inside Good Samaritan Village.

“Everything from 37 years of marriage can fit in half of a 5 x 10,” Orloff said after speaking to a FEMA official. “It’s stuff. We survived.”

Rosemary not only documented what her home looked like before Hurricane Ian, but after as well. She says Good Samaritan offered to refund her security deposit if she signed an agreement that would end her lease and keep her from suing.

“There was no reimbursement for anything else, just the deposit,” Orloff says.

County Commissioner Peggy Choudhry hosting the town hall was hopeful people could come and get information.

“A lot of people wanted to get specifics with the lawyers who were here and volunteers,” Osceola County Commissioner of district one Peggy Choudhry explains. “We wanted people who wanted specifics with FEMA.”

But before Q & A’s could happen with leaders, people walked out frustrated they didn’t get help, but information they felt they already had.

Orloff was one of many that took advantage of having FEMA come to her and did, in fact, register with them.

“They have my name. They are going to be contacting us and then someone has to access the apartment,” Orloff says. “I have taken all the photos, and we left on the 29th by airboat, so I have a video of everything.”

Not only was FEMA on hand, but so were legal services to help answer questions.

Some who were in attendance believed representatives from Good Samaritan would be present, they were not.

The County has mentioned using eminent domain as an option at Good Samaritan. That idea is still being discussed, but they have made no decision.