New law allows storm safety upgrades for Florida mobile home owners

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.

WATCH: Florida extends housing aid to mobile home owners

New law brings storm safety help to 700K Florida mobile homes

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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