crumbling concrete

Congressman Joe Courtney has obtained federal funding that will help with a persistent problem when it comes to repairing hundreds of crumbling concrete basements in our state. Homeowners getting their basements lifted and replaced have all or most of that cost covered by a state program – up to $155,000 for a freestanding house. However, that program does not cover…

More progress has been made in the effort to repair hundreds of Connecticut homes with defective concrete basements. It’s a problem NBC Connecticut Investigates first told you about eight years ago. The program that’s set up to help homeowners is expected to receive another $25 million when the bond commission meets next month. The commission agenda was released and...

More money is coming to the state to help hundreds of homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete basements – a problem NBC Connecticut Investigates first told you about eight years ago.

More money is coming to the state to help hundreds of homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete basements – a problem NBC Connecticut Investigates first told you about eight years ago. Representative Joe Courtney, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Chris Murphy announced UConn has received $4 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to continue researching the mineral pyrrhotite,…

Rep. Joe Courtney (D- 2nd District) is talking about a new effort in Washington to provide some help for homeowners dealing with crumbling foundations, and the latest on US-China relations following his recent trip to Taiwan.

The discovery of hundreds of deteriorating basements and foundations in northeastern and north central Connecticut has changed lives, and galvanized state and federal leaders to help.

The discovery of hundreds of deteriorating basements and foundations in northeastern and north central Connecticut has changed lives, and galvanized state and federal leaders to help. One of the Congress people who has led the charge visited the district with word of more assistance, and research aimed at solving this monumental problem. A now defunct concrete company in the area…