Manchester Grand List: Crumbling Foundations Decrease Home Values

Journal Inquirer — landmark legislation: buyer protections, low-interest loans, condo eligibility, and cost-effective repair methods. A major step forward for affected homeowners. https://www.journalinquirer.com/politics_and_government/crumbling-concretevictory/article_183e5c6c-8872-11e9-9471-8b2a5920ccda.html

One of a property owner’s biggest fears could be their home falling to the ground, but three local towns have teamed up to assist their residents Vernon, Ellington and Stafford receive $480K grant to test crumbling foundations | fox61.com

WTNH — a milestone: the first condominium buildings in Connecticut are lifted for pyrrhotite removal in Willington, opening the door for condo owners who had long been excluded from relief. https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/tolland/connecticuts-first-condo-lifted-forpyrrhotite-removal-in-willington

NBC Connecticut — UConn funded to continue work on preventing, detecting, and reducing the impact of defective concrete. Research matters for long-term solutions. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/crumbling-foundations/uconn-receivesgrant-to-continue-work-with-crumbling-concrete/2946169

Journal Inquirer — legislative effort to protect homeowners from deficiency judgments when selling or foreclosing on a pyrrhotite-affected property. https://www.journalinquirer.com/newsletters/bills-would-prevent-deficiency-judgmentson-crumbling-concrete-homes/article_b7a08704-2bba-11e9-81d9-4b74d1ece0e7.html

CT Mirror — state legislature passes a relief plan for affected homeowners, a significant early step toward a state-funded response.