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We cannot stop hurricanes from hitting Florida, but we can make our homes better
able to survive them. It has been proven that homes built to modern Florida
building codes survive catastrophic hurricanes amazingly well. In an effort to
start hurricane-proofing our state, the Legislature created the Florida
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program (also known as My Safe Florida
Home Program). The program provides free home inspections to identify
improvements that can be made to make homes more hurricane-proof. The program
will also be awarding matching grants of up to $5,000 to fund such wind
mitigation projects. The homeowner must use a participating contractor to be
eligible for the grant. The program and all of its details can be accessed at
MySafeFloridaHome.com.
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