 Travel just a few miles inland to Wilmington, where there's an affordable housing crisis, a shortage of some 28,000 rentals and homes. That's a lot of money to pump sand on the beach. I knew that occasionally they'd pump sand, but I didn't know it was that costly. Retired Air Force Specialist Willie Holmes has lived here all his life. He's legally blind and has struggled to repair his home. It's just totally amazing that any organizational group of people would think that would be the best way