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A
Florida homeowner
whose residence is a single-family,
detached, site-built home is eligible
to
apply for a free wind inspection.
Properties not eligible for free
wind inspections include mobile
homes and manufactured homes, apartments, condominiums,
multi-family dwellings and businesses.
The My Safe Florida Home program is working
with
local
governments and the Volunteer Florida
Foundation to offer
low-income
homeowners an opportunity to
strengthen their homes against
natural disasters.
Floridians whose homes have undergone a
wind certification and hurricane
mitigation inspection approved by the
Department of Financial Services may be eligible to apply for matching
grants up to $5,000.
Matching
grant funds are available only for wind-resistance
improvements in the following categories if your home was
inspected on or after May 1, 2007.
-
Bracing gable-ends in your roof
framing.
-
Upgrading exterior wall opening
protections.
-
Upgrading exterior doors
(including garage doors.)
Under
law, only homeowners who received a wind
inspection before May 1, 2007, will be
eligible for a grant under the previous
program rules.
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MIAMI-DADE
VS. FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
After Hurricane Andrew devastated
South Florida in 1992, Miami-Dade,
Broward, and unincorporated Palm
Beach counties passed building codes
that required new homes to be built
with opening protection
(impact-resistant windows and doors,
or impact-resistant coverings, such
as shutters, for windows and doors).
These codes also included standards
for how opening protection products
would be tested and approved for
use. Products approved by the
Miami-Dade Building Code pass the
strictest tests in the country for
windborne debris, pressure and
water.
Today, the Miami-Dade Notice of
Acceptance (NOA) is the best way to
be sure the products you buy pass
the strictest tests in the country
for windborne debris, pressure, and
water. If you are eligible to
receive grant funds under the My
Safe Florida Home program, you are
only required to use products
approved by either the Florida
Building Code or the Miami-Dade
Building Code, whichever is
applicable to your home's location.
To learn whether a product you are
considering has received approval by
the Florida Building Code or the
Miami-Dade Building Code, visit the
organizations' respective websites
at:
Florida Building Commission:
http://www.floridabuilding.org/c/default.aspx
-- Click on “Product Approval” and
choose among your menu options.
Miami-Dade Building Code:
www.miamidade.gov/buildingcode/
-- Look for the Search Approved
Products tab under Product Control
on the site’s menu. |
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FOR HOMEOWNERS |
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A
Florida homeowner
whose residence is a single-family,
detached, site-built home is eligible
to
apply for a free wind inspection.
Properties not eligible for free
wind inspections include mobile
homes and manufactured homes, apartments, condominiums,
multi-family dwellings and businesses.
The My Safe Florida Home program is working
with
local
governments and the Volunteer Florida
Foundation to offer
low-income
homeowners an opportunity to
strengthen their homes against
natural disasters.
Floridians whose homes have undergone a
wind certification and hurricane
mitigation inspection approved by the
Department of Financial Services may be eligible to apply for matching
grants up to $5,000.
Matching
grant funds are available only for wind-resistance
improvements in the following categories if your home was
inspected on or after May 1, 2007.
-
Bracing gable-ends in your roof
framing.
-
Upgrading exterior wall opening
protections.
-
Upgrading exterior doors
(including garage doors.)
Under
law, only homeowners who received a wind
inspection before May 1, 2007, will be
eligible for a grant under the previous
program rules.
|
MIAMI-DADE
VS. FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
After Hurricane Andrew devastated
South Florida in 1992, Miami-Dade,
Broward, and unincorporated Palm
Beach counties passed building codes
that required new homes to be built
with opening protection
(impact-resistant windows and doors,
or impact-resistant coverings, such
as shutters, for windows and doors).
These codes also included standards
for how opening protection products
would be tested and approved for
use. Products approved by the
Miami-Dade Building Code pass the
strictest tests in the country for
windborne debris, pressure and
water.
Today, the Miami-Dade Notice of
Acceptance (NOA) is the best way to
be sure the products you buy pass
the strictest tests in the country
for windborne debris, pressure, and
water. If you are eligible to
receive grant funds under the My
Safe Florida Home program, you are
only required to use products
approved by either the Florida
Building Code or the Miami-Dade
Building Code, whichever is
applicable to your home's location.
To learn whether a product you are
considering has received approval by
the Florida Building Code or the
Miami-Dade Building Code, visit the
organizations' respective websites
at:
Florida Building Commission:
http://www.floridabuilding.org/c/default.aspx
-- Click on “Product Approval” and
choose among your menu options.
Miami-Dade Building Code:
www.miamidade.gov/buildingcode/
-- Look for the Search Approved
Products tab under Product Control
on the site’s menu. |
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