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05/04/202405/04/2024Home Repair Contractors

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

Lighting Inc. offers electrical help to Season for Caring family

Bridget Grumet

Lighting Inc. General Manager Gabriel Trinidad, right, and electrician Jason Chedester inspect Debbie Hernandez’s home Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Lighting Inc. is donating electrical services for the Hernandez family of Season for Caring. Olivia, 82, and her daughter Debbie, 61, have lived in the same house for 52 years and it needs major repairs.

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Lighting Inc. General Manager Gabriel Trinidad and electrician Jason Chedester look at the main electrical panel for the Hernandez home. While Lighting Inc. plans to provide new light fixtures and outlet repairs inside, they hope to partner with another firm that would upgrade the panels.

22/03/2023Home Repair Contractors

Operation Home Rescue offers free home repair to Clark County veterans

Linnea and Loren Kurtz describe themselves as helpers. Over the years, the couple have adopted numerous dogs, cats and birds from rescue shelters and helped raise several children in foster care.

The two have lived in their Vancouver home for more than 15 years, since they moved to take care of Linnea Kurtz’s parents. Loren Kurtz served in the National Guard following high school, and both of them worked in social services for many years.

But following medical complications in recent years, the couple realized that asking for help might be the only way to save their house from falling

Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance – GeekWire

Key Takeaways

Onder is a new startup that provides homeowners with twice-yearly checkups to help identify different maintenance tasks that need to be done on a house.
The 8-person company is led by former Expedia director David Krieger.
It faces competition from established home services marketplace players and newer startups.

Onder CEO and founder David Krieger. (Onder Photo)

A group of travel and real estate tech vets recently launched a startup to help new homeowners stay up-to-date on maintenance issues by providing regular inspections.

Former Expedia director David Krieger is the founder of Onder, a Seattle company that provides