Is Your Connecticut Home Crumbling? Help Is on the Way

If you live in Connecticut and your home's foundation is crumbling, you may be in line for assistance under deal struck by Attorney General George Jepsen and several insurance companies.

Specifics are still being finalized, but Jepsen and four insurers have negotiated a deal where the companies will fund a program that will pay for 90 percent of the costs to repair the foundations, reports Fox61 News.

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Earlier this month, The New York Times reported on the problem, which has impacted nearly two dozen communities in Connecticut.

Without costly repairs, homes with crumbling foundations are essentially worthless, a devastating prospect for a homeowner who sunk their life savings into the dwelling, Connecticut homeowner Tim Heim told the Times.

More than 200 homeowners have filed complaints with the state over crumbling foundations, primarily in Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties.

Jepsen approached 29 insurers that serve those counties, and only four have so far stepped up to fund the effort, according to Fox61.

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