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25/11/2023Home Repair Contractors

Akron’s home repair program faces delays and questions from residents

AKRON, Ohio — Several communities across Ohio received huge chunks of cash after the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, aimed at helping people recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, was passed in 2021. Akron received $145 million and decided to allocate $20 million towards a new program to fix up older homes in sections of the city.

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While some residents are reaping the plan’s benefits,

23/11/2023Home Repair Contractors

Rising repair costs & natural disasters making US home insurance less affordable: IRC

A combination of both the growing frequency and severity of natural disasters, along with rising home repair costs and other economic factors, have contributed to less affordable homeowners insurance, according to a brief from the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, a provider of risk management and insurance knowledge solutions, measures affordability with the ratio of average homeowners insurance expenditures to median household income.

In 2020, the most recent year for which this data was available, this ratio sat at 1.93 percent, which means that US households are said to have spent an average of

Pa. Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty received free home repairs paid for by brother’s union, witnesses says at trial

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty received $7,500 of free home repairs paid for by the union his brother, John Dougherty, led for nearly 30 years, a witness in the former labor leader’s trial testified Tuesday.

That witness — general contractor Anthony Massa, the only one of John Dougherty’s codefendants to agree to testify against him — told a federal jury he oversaw drywall and painting work completed over seven days in 2011 at Kevin Dougherty’s Northeast Philadelphia home.

But when it came time to settle up accounts, he said, he billed Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical

Water study, Great American Smokeout, youngest city councilperson, home repair help | Politics

On Monday, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announced major actions to provide the data needed for future short- and long-term water policy and planning in Indiana. First, he directed the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) to begin exclusive oversight of the completion and validation of the INTERA water supply study currently underway along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County. Second, he instructed IFA to accelerate the start of a planned comprehensive regional water study for north-central Indiana that will examine watersheds covering Tippecanoe County and at least 12 other area counties. Third, he asked IFA to add new water monitoring devices in

15/11/2023Home Repair Contractors

Alabama Power introduces new home repair service

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Alabama Power understands that an unexpected home repair can be a big disruption and a financial hardship. To help customers address these concerns, Alabama Power is bringing residential customers a new repair service program. The program, available through HomeServe, is designed to help homeowners save money, ease anxiety around scheduling urgent, covered repairs, and ensure the repairs are completed expertly by a local professional.

“When something goes wrong in your home, it can be inconvenient, financially stressful and worrying,” said Sean Hopkins, Alabama Power Products and Services manager. “With this program,