GREENSBORO, N.C. -- One week after a tornado ripped through parts of east Greensboro, city leaders stand together to address recovery efforts and plans to move forward.

At a press conference Sunday afternoon, Interim City Manager David Parrish said getting people into new homes will be their biggest challenge yet.

"Housing efforts, this will be our greatest challenge and our longest term challenge as we move forward," said Parrish.

"The debris and the initial shock of the situation is intense, no question. But the longest, most difficult part of this will certainly be housing. We've started looking at the long-range plans to address what's going to be a housing crisis, which already is," said City Council member and Executive Director of the Interactive Resource Center in downtown Greensboro Michelle Kennedy. "We estimate right now that about 250 people need to move into rental units right now. So that’s a massive amount of people to try and triage and get moving in the right direction."

City leaders say with nearly 1,000 damaged properties, crews estimate at least 10,000 tons of vegetation debris will be collected by the time it's all said and done. Just one week into the storm’s aftermath, 1,800 tons has already been collected.

At the height of recovery efforts, 150 to 200 city crew members were on the ground helping thousands of people without electricity and damaged homes.

Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras was also in attendance Sunday afternoon.

"This past week has been a powerful reminder that a crisis can occur and impact any of us at anytime," said Contreras. "In fact, we've had more than 3,000 students, their families, and staff impacted by this storm. As we move forward the emphasis will shift from disaster relief and survival to supporting others as they work through grief, loss and trauma."

Considering the damage, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan says things could have been a lot worse.

"I can't believe we only lost one person, and one person is one person too many," said Vaughan. "But to hear the stories of survival of people who were in their houses and they were reduced to nothing and they survived really with minimal injuries. How lucky we are is really amazing. Now we have to just make sure that we can rebuild this neighborhood even better than it was."

With rain in the forecast, city leaders say people still need tarps and supplies for shelter.

Donations will be accepted at the Interactive Resource Center at 407 East Washington Street in Greensboro. Anyone with housing needs can go to the Greensboro Housing Coalition, Salvation Army Centers, Willow Oaks Community Center and the Peeler Recreation Center to sign up beginning Monday morning.