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Florida Office Of Insurance Regulation Minimizes Problems With The My Safe Florida Home Program
The My Safe Florida Home program has spent the majority of its money, despite being far short of its target goal of 400,000 free hurricane inspections.  It has identified issues in its inspection process: insufficient training, unqualified inspectors and confusion about basic building features.
It also has spent months bragging that the inspections helped homeowners across the state save hundreds of dollars each in insurance premiums, a claim the head of the Department of Financial Services concedes she can't prove.  Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, in a recent interview with The Tampa Tribune, downplayed any problems.
"Let's put this in perspective. We've done about 130,000 inspections. In my book, that's a pretty big number," she said. "We've heard from less than 2 percent of the homeowners who said they found errors in their report. I think that's ... pretty reasonable."
My Safe Florida Home, created in 2006 to help residents determine whether their homes can withstand a hurricane, and to provide financial assistance to some homeowners to make improvements, has spent about $178 million of the $250 million allocated by the Legislature.  It has completed 127,826 inspections and awarded grants to 21,936 people.
To put this in further perspective, the total funds allocated for the ... more

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