Fortify Homes Program the legislature created last year<\/a>. It is a grant that homeowners can apply for to put stronger, more fortified roofs on their houses. Legislators see it as a more long-term solution to the issue.<\/p>\n\u201cI know when this is all over with this Band-Aid is really just to make everything go away for the short term and we are going to be back around in a year or two facing these same issues again,\u201d said Rep. Tanner Magee, R-Houma.<\/p>\n
There is promise of more debate and a potential amendment on potentially directing any unused money by the insurance commissioner to the fortify program,\u00a0but the commissioner is confident he can spend it all on the multiple interested companies. The bill now heads to the full House for further debate Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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