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elleng

(136,043 posts) Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:55 PM Jun 2016

With Connecticut Foundations Crumbling, ‘Your Home Is Now Worthless’

'Across nearly 20 towns in northeastern Connecticut, a slow-motion disaster is unfolding, as local officials and homeowners wrestle with an extraordinary phenomenon. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of home foundations that have been poured since the 1980s are cracking, with fissures so large you can slip a hand inside.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/nyregion/with-connecticut-foundations-crumbling-your-home-is-now-worthless.html?

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With Connecticut Foundations Crumbling, ‘Your Home Is Now Worthless’ (Original Post) elleng Jun 2016 OP
What a nightmare for those people! WhiteTara Jun 2016 #1
I hate this but not surprising yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #2
Unimaginable stress !!! SamKnause Jun 2016 #3
The state could force the insurers to cover the homes, but won't. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #4
CT is a mess. bigwillq Jun 2016 #5
 

yeoman6987

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2. I hate this but not surprising
Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #1)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 06:21 PM
Jun 2016

Homes went up so fast and not in the great way of the 50's and 60's. Homes today are worse and will have similar problems in a decade or two.

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NutmegYankee

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4. The state could force the insurers to cover the homes, but won't.
Reply to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 04:41 AM
Jun 2016

The nsurance industry is a sacred cow here.

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