Area residents alleged contractor ripoffs online in 2023

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A warning was posted on a Facebook community group about a Southwestern Ontario contractor allegedly ripping people off last spring.

The man had offered to work on a resident’s chimney and asked for a deposit, but never returned to do the promised job, a woman wrote in the March 23, 2023, post on the community group for Thamesville, a town in Chatham-Kent.

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“He refuses phone calls and once in a while, he’ll respond to a text with a million excuses as to why he hasn’t come back,” the woman wrote. “I have continuously asked for our

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PACE program offers home repair option for Florida residents

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As delays mount for residents waiting for home improvement grants from the My Safe Florida Home program, another program that offers loans to homeowners is gaining some attention.

Hardening a home against storms isn’t cheap, and one way to do it is with a state program that utilizes private money to give homeowners loans.

The PACE Funding Agency loan program allows individuals to perform home improvements like replacing their roofs and windows.

PACE stands for Property Assessed Clean Energy, a state program that utilizes private money.

State Rep. Mike Caruso, R-Delray Beach, brought it

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Champaign residents may be eligible for $60,000 home-repair grants | Housing

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CHAMPAIGN — Next week, Champaign homeowners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will have the opportunity to apply for up to $60,000 in funding for home repairs.

“Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic” might sound like a wide net to cast — and it is, according to Jennifer Carlson, neighborhood programs manager for the city.

“When I heard about this program, I was like, ‘How does someone say they’ve been

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Paramus NJ home repair program helps seniors, lower-income residents

A longstanding Paramus program that helps lower-income residents repair their homes is getting a renewed push from the borough.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to help,” Mayor Chris DiPiazza said, adding that applicants to the program are typically senior citizens on fixed incomes. “It’s a good program to help people stay in town and give them tools that they need to fix their homes if they are not capable themselves.”

The Community Rehabilitation Program is run by the Paramus Affordable Housing Corp. and is supported by developers’ fees. The fund is expected to increase in the coming years

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City program for home repair helps NW residents

by Pryce Jamison

Out of the 2,362 residents who received home repairs from the city’s Basic Systems Repair Program in the fiscal year 2022-23, Germantown had 100 recipients and Mt. Airy had 26, according to the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC). Chestnut Hill had zero.

In Philadelphia, among the 41 zip codes with residents receiving repairs, Germantown (19144) ranked 11th, with only 10 other zip codes having more than 100 recipients.

The PHDC’s main goal throughout the 40-year history of its program has been to provide a process that homeowners in low-income environments can utilize to sustain life comfortably in

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