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A group of industry leaders is working to make sure you don’t fall victim to construction scams after multiple arrests in the HD Custom Homes scandal, leaving many to-be homeowners with unfinished houses. Gail and Tom Hazelton’s new home in Port Charlotte is a cleared lot and some foam panels, but they feel like the […]

Southwest Florida is in the cone for what could become a hurricane by next week, and now is the time to check your hurricane kit and prepare. Take pictures of your home and valuables, and review your insurance, just in case. You can also get sandbags to have on hand if you’re in a low-lying […]

Hurricane Katrina rampaged New Orleans on August 29, 2005, when dozens of levees failed, leaving vast swaths of the city swamped, homes damaged and lives uprooted. Fifteen years later, the Crescent City’s most vulnerable still struggle. But for the past decade and a half, the national nonprofit Rebuilding Together has helped families recover, making critical […]

It’s never too early to prepare for the next big storm. With Southwest Florida in its first forecast cone of the hurricane season Tuesday, many people are remembering what they went through during Hurricane Irma. While the storm is not forecast to be as strong as Irma, the time is now to get ready. It’s […]

Residents and property owners in coastal areas of Collier County can view new draft preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) at three upcoming public open houses on March 2 to March 3. FIRMs show the potential extent and risks of flooding. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency press release, they will be used to […]

Think the risk of your home filling up with floodwater, magnified these days by climate change, is only an issue near the coasts and rivers? New research detailing nearly every corner of the U.S. shows otherwise. Researchers from Brooklyn-based nonprofit First Street teamed with more than 80 experts in real estate, insurance and academia to […]

Collier County homeowners are now required to purchase flood insurance if they fall within newly drawn flood zones. FEMA just updated its flood zone maps. And, if you are living in Collier County, you may be at risk. We looked at how residents can read new flood zone maps Monday. “I know there was flooding […]

Florida voters on Tuesday approved raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s service-heavy economy. A supermajority of Florida voters approved the amendment to the Florida Constitution that will raise Florida’s minimum wage […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a massive coronavirus relief bill on Tuesday, the fifth proposed legislation related to the economic fallout from the pandemic. The House is expected to vote on the $3 trillion proposal on Friday, although it is considered dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate. The bill, which spans more than 1,800 pages, is known as […]

Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County. “It’s just that constant reminder, ‘Oh yeah, we live somewhere where there’s natural disasters and they can strike at any time,’” said […]