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Bill Looks to Extend Concrete Assistance Program
The company set up by the state to give financial assistance to hundreds of homeowners with crumbling concrete basements may get more time to get its work done.
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Some Funds In Place, But A Long Way To Go in Crumbling Concrete Crisis
The state has made major progress dealing with the issue of crumbling concrete in home foundations, but still has a long way to go. Five years ago NBC Connecticut Investigates broke the story about hundreds of homes with defective, crumbling basements that need replacing. The issue was caused by defective concrete from a now-defunct company used between 1983 and 2016….
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State Crumbling Basement Help Not Taxable in Most Cases: IRS
There is a big development for homeowners who got state help to fix their crumbling basements. Congressman Joe Courtney has received guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that financial help homeowners received from the state to help replace their basements will not be taxable income. The exception: if a homeowner claimed a property casualty loss for the basement...
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U.S. Senate Votes to Get Funding to Detect Destructive Mineral in Concrete Basements
Efforts to develop testing for the mineral that has damaged hundreds of basements in Connecticut are moving ahead.
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Bond Commission Releases Next $20 Million to Homeowners With Crumbling Basements
The Connecticut Bond Commission has agreed to release the next $20 million in funding to assist people in north central and eastern Connecticut with defective concrete basements.
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Funding Failures Prompt Early Exit of Foundation Program Leader
The person overseeing the program helping so many suffering from concrete crumbling beneath their homes told NBC Connecticut Investigates he is stepping down earlier than planned.
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Crumbling Concrete Agreement Renewed
Two companies at the center of a state investigation into crumbling foundations have renewed an agreement with the state to stop selling materials or products for residential foundations from a quarry in Willington.
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Crumbling Foundations Causing Foreclosed Dreams
Some people who can’t afford to fix their homes with crumbling concrete have just stopped paying their mortgages, and it could be a trend on the rise.
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Newtown Shooting, Juror Race Cases Before State High Court
The Connecticut Supreme Court is poised to have a busy 2019 dealing with cases involving the Sandy Hook school shooting, the race of jurors and homes with crumbling foundations.
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Court to Hear Arguments Over Crumbling Foundations Insurance
The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether homeowners’ insurance policies should cover repairs to thousands of homes with crumbling foundations caused by defective concrete.