Operation Blue Roof, which provides free tarps for damaged homes, opened for applications, and HUD announced a 90-day foreclosure moratorium on FHA-insured mortgages.
A community on the Gulf Coast with homes built to withstand Category 5 hurricanes fared well in back-to-back hurricanes and could be a protype for the state.
The back-to-back hurricanes that swept across parts of Florida have caused billions in damages, according to the latest insurance estimates.
Converting older hotels and motels into apartments is a cheaper and quicker endeavor than converting office buildings or building new, experts said.
September saw an uptick in activity from both buyers and sellers, Zillow said. Southern states, including Florida, have tipped towards a buyer’s market.
Baby boomers say young adults could own homes if they tried harder, a new study showed. But young adults face challenges the older generations never did.
The state’s insurers have sufficient reinsurance capital to weather Hurricanes Milton, Helene and Debby and another Milton-sized storm this year.
Despite their gloomy responses to economic confidence surveys, consumers have kept spending, thus buoying the economy.
Homeowners, renters and small businesses in Florida counties hit by Hurricane Milton can now apply for FEMA aid and state bridge loans for disaster recovery.
Experts say it’s easier to prevent a cyberattack than to fix one. Cyberattacks on firms with fewer than 10 employees have risen 13% since 2020.
