Some homeowners would get help fixing problems caused by trouble-plagued Chinese drywall under a $5 million plan that is being sent to federal officials after winning the unanimous backing today of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The program requires approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before it can begin. The aid also won’t flow until federal officials devise a national standard for drywall testing and remediation. State officials say they don’t know how long that might take. As approved today, the program would be limited to homeowners with the contaminated wallboard who received aid through the Road Home program after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It would use $5 million in federal hurricane recovery funds. LRA Executive Director Paul Rainwater says he doesn’t know how many of the more than 125,000 participants in the Road Home would be eligible for the program.
$5M Chinese drywall program approved by LRA
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