Florida's "My Safe Florida Home" program provides grants to help homeowners strengthen their homes against hurricanes. However, availability is subject to state funding, and the waiting list for grants can be long. » MORE: How climate change could make your home harder to insure Common risks...
The catch with the program is that it not for individual condo residents but rather condo associations.
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Governor Desantis recently re-enacted the My Safe Florida Home program, which provides grants of up to $10,000. Residents can use the resources to improve the hurricane resistance of single-family residences. Apply for My Safe FL Home grantsonce the Department of Financial Services has the proc...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida may require its 12 public universities to do a survey on the “intellectual freedom” and “viewpoint diversity” allowed on campuses.
Safe at School in Florida.The article informs that due to the efforts of Tracy Milligan, who worked with American Diabetes Association (ADA), the school board in the Duval County, Florida, changed its policy that made it mandatory for every school in the district to provide diabetes care to...
Smart and Safe Florida is sponsoring the initiative. The campaign reported $61.28 million in contributions. Trulieve, a marijuana dispensary company that owns medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida, is the main contributor. One weed shop had tens of millions of dollars of loose change to kick in...
HOME-HARDENING GRANT LEGISLATION —Chief Financial OfficerJIMMY PATRONISannounced legislation that would create the “My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund,” to make properties more resilient against storms. Five percent of sales tax dollars from hurricane-impacted counties would be allocated to the fund. ...