‘SCARY’: Elderly Port St. Lucie couple denied hurricane protection grant calls on state for action

A Port St. Lucie family says what they believe is a loophole in Florida’s My Safe Florida Home program is leaving elderly, low-income homeowners without critical hurricane protection — and they’re calling on the state to close what they describe as a growing gap.

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Helen and Alfred Nonnemacher, who are in their 80s, applied for a home-hardening grant to replace their 20-year-old windows, which they say are now leaking, taped together with packing tape, and unable to open and close properly…

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