New Florida law lets owners of manufactured homes tap housing funds for storm repairs

Twisted debris still hangs from trees in the Spanish Lakes Country Club community — nearly two years after an EF-3 tornado obliterated the Fort Pierce neighborhood, killing six people and exposing a deadly vulnerability: thousands of homes not built to federal safety standards.

For Paula Richards and Mike Powers, their manufactured home is now only a paradise seven months out of the year.

“From June to the end of November, we live in fear,” Paula said…

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