Healthy Homes    Stories 1 to 7 of 7  (click headline for the complete story)

1:   (GRANTS) Multiple Healthy Home Grants Awarded : Health of families living in low-income housing in Boston will be tested under a healthy homes program financed by HUD. The Boston Public Health Commission receives more than $1.6 million 03/05/2010 12:25 PM

2:   (CHINESE DRYWALL) New Treatment for Chinese Drywall : A Nevada-based firm introduces a new treatment to repair buildings constructed with tainted Chinese drywall. The company's coating system, called AbShield, is a water-based coating specifically formulated to address drywall off-gassing and related odors. 02/09/2010 3:32 PM

3:   (CHINESE DRYWALL) Feds Set First Criteria for Defective Drywall Diagnosis : HUD and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are defining exactly how homeowners can document that they have problematic Chinese drywall in their homes. Homeowners and inspectors must be able to see a blackening of copper electrical w... 02/02/2010 10:29 AM

4:   (LAWSUIT) Seniors Suit Cites Toxic Drywall : A publicly traded homebuilder with significant Chinese drywall problems in its Florida active adult communities files a lawsuit against 14 insurance providers in hopes they will cover drywall 01/29/2010 12:19 PM

5:   (DRYWALL) Lawsuit Seeks Drywall Remedy : A publicly traded homebuilder with significant Chinese drywall problems in its Florida communities files a lawsuit against 14 insurance providers in hopes they will cover drywall-related 01/15/2010 12:29 PM

6:   (DRYWALL) Toxic Drywall Fix In The Works : Guidelines that will allow use of Community Development Block Grant money to help homeowners pay for renovations of homes plagued with toxic Chinese drywall are on the drawing board at 12/18/2009 1:13 PM

7:   (HEALTHY HOMES) 27 Apply For Healthy Homes Grants : The Office of Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control has received 27 grant applications nationwide for the $2.4 million available in the program's initial Green & Healthy Homes Technical Studies 11/20/2009 12:01 PM

 

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