AM I ELIGIBLE?
If your home was inspected after May 1:The 2007 Legislature changed the eligibility requirements for grants under the My Safe Florida Home program. You are eligible for a matching grant up to $5,000 if you live in a single-family detached, site-built home that meets the following criteria:
• has a building permit application for initial construction made before March 1, 2002;
• has an insured value of $300,000 or less;
• has a valid homestead exemption;
• is located in the wind-borne debris region;
• has undergone a hurricane mitigation inspection.The 2007 Legislature also changed how grant funds could be used under the My Safe Florida Home program. Grant funds must be used for:• Protecting openings (windows, gable vents and skylights)
• Protecting exterior doors• Replacing your garage door with an impact-resistant garage door• Bracing gable ends in your roof
NOTE: You do not have to do all of the above improvements recommended in your inspection report to qualify for a grant. However, if you choose to protect your windows you must protect all windows without hurricane-rated protection to get reimbursed. If you choose to protect your exterior doors, you must protect all doors, including sliding glass doors, to get reimbursed. Windows:
If you are eligible for a grant and you choose to protect your windows, you must protect all windows and gable vents identified by your wind inspection report as needing hurricane protection.
Exterior Doors:
If you are eligible for a grant and you choose to protect your doors, you must protect all exterior doors, including sliding glass doors, identified by your wind inspection report as needing hurricane protection.
Garage Door:
If you choose to protect your garage door and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement. You must replace your garage door with an impact-rated garage door or you can add additional bracing to an already hurricane-rated garage door.
Skylights:
If you choose to replace your skylights with an impact-rated skylight and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement.
Gable Ends:
If you choose to brace your gable ends and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement. If bracing of gable ends is not identified by the Department’s wind inspection, but is identified as necessary by a participating contractor, the Department will disburse funds for bracing gable ends with physical proof, such as photographs or video, a copy of the building permit when applicable to do this improvement and upon re-inspection by the Department.
If your home was inspected on or before May 1:
If you received a free wind inspection through the My Safe Florida Home program before May 1, 2007, you are eligible for a matching grant of up to $5,000 to make the following improvements:
• Protecting openings (windows, gable vents and skylights)
• Protecting exterior doors• Replacing your garage door with an impact-resistant garage door
• Bracing gable ends in your roof
NOTE: You do not have to do all of the above improvements recommended in your inspection report to qualify for a grant. However, if you choose to protect your windows you must protect all windows without hurricane-rated protection to get reimbursed. If you choose to protect your exterior doors, you must protect all doors, including sliding glass doors, to get reimbursed.
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• has a valid homestead exemption;
• is located in the wind-borne debris region;
• has undergone a hurricane mitigation inspection.The 2007 Legislature also changed how grant funds could be used under the My Safe Florida Home program. Grant funds must be used for:• Protecting openings (windows, gable vents and skylights)
• Protecting exterior doors• Replacing your garage door with an impact-resistant garage door• Bracing gable ends in your roof
NOTE: You do not have to do all of the above improvements recommended in your inspection report to qualify for a grant. However, if you choose to protect your windows you must protect all windows without hurricane-rated protection to get reimbursed. If you choose to protect your exterior doors, you must protect all doors, including sliding glass doors, to get reimbursed. Windows:
If you are eligible for a grant and you choose to protect your windows, you must protect all windows and gable vents identified by your wind inspection report as needing hurricane protection.
Exterior Doors:
If you are eligible for a grant and you choose to protect your doors, you must protect all exterior doors, including sliding glass doors, identified by your wind inspection report as needing hurricane protection.
Garage Door:
If you choose to protect your garage door and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement. You must replace your garage door with an impact-rated garage door or you can add additional bracing to an already hurricane-rated garage door.
Skylights:
If you choose to replace your skylights with an impact-rated skylight and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement.
Gable Ends:
If you choose to brace your gable ends and it is a recommended improvement in your inspection report, you will be eligible for grant funds to make this improvement. If bracing of gable ends is not identified by the Department’s wind inspection, but is identified as necessary by a participating contractor, the Department will disburse funds for bracing gable ends with physical proof, such as photographs or video, a copy of the building permit when applicable to do this improvement and upon re-inspection by the Department.
If your home was inspected on or before May 1:
If you received a free wind inspection through the My Safe Florida Home program before May 1, 2007, you are eligible for a matching grant of up to $5,000 to make the following improvements:
• Protecting openings (windows, gable vents and skylights)
• Protecting exterior doors• Replacing your garage door with an impact-resistant garage door
• Bracing gable ends in your roof
NOTE: You do not have to do all of the above improvements recommended in your inspection report to qualify for a grant. However, if you choose to protect your windows you must protect all windows without hurricane-rated protection to get reimbursed. If you choose to protect your exterior doors, you must protect all doors, including sliding glass doors, to get reimbursed.
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