HUD announced a new office focused on equity for “not-so-privileged households” in disaster recovery efforts. Fla. and 4 counties will receive a combined $2.789B.
More Orlando-area owners are being told that state-owned Citizens Ins. is their only option. In a three-county area, the number of policies rose 159% year-to-year.
Keeping you and your family safe is the ultimate priority but so is mitigating the impact of financial loss by having insurance coverage and an emergency fund.
Ian and Nicole victims who were forced to find temporary quarters for 30 days may qualify for a property tax discount under a law the Fla. Legislature passed in Dec.
Higher deductibles usually kick in for hurricane damage, but a policy often includes tropical storms that have been downgraded from hurricane status.
United Property & Casualty Ins. Co. is insolvent, and the company cites higher-than-expected losses from Hurricane Ian. Fla. is taking steps to place it in receivership.
NAR’s Realtors Relief Foundation helps people after a disaster threatens their homes, including Floridians after Hurricane Ian hit Fla. last year.
Flood insurance is complicated, so FEMA created a brochure for Realtors to help them answer client questions, such as, “What is an elevation certificate?”
Of those helped, 63K followed Hurricane Ian and 4K Nicole. It comes to $5.2B in grants, disaster loans and flood insurance after Ian and $19.8M after Nicole.
Work still needs done, but anyone standing in downtown Fort Myers would be hard pressed to see damage from one of the U.S.’s most destructive hurricanes.
