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onethatcares

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10. the legislature had 2 special sessions

Reply to Takket (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 17, 2023, 09:40 AM

Oct 2023

to attempt dealing with this.

They gave the insurance companies what they wanted in the way of rate increases and adding more folks to the insurer of last resort.(Citizens)

Mission accomplished.

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Home Insurance Is So High in This Florida Town, Residents Are Leaving [View all] dalton99a Oct 2023 OP

Just great. The blue areas are being wiped out from people moving. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #1

I would have expected the $3.5 million dollar home areas to be red redqueen Oct 2023 #3

West palm is as blue as you can get. We have wealthy democrats to. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #7

Nobody will even qualify for a mtg. That's leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #2

$33,000.00 for HomeOwners Insurance onethatcares Oct 2023 #4

The people who can afford a $3-4 million dollar home. NT Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #6

Exactly nt redqueen Oct 2023 #17

There is always northern $$$ able to move MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #11

$33k for a $3.5 million home that is 3 foot above sea level whopis01 Oct 2023 #22

How is this a surprise? Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #5

That's Florida under Ron DeSantis AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #8

There's much more to it than DeSantis. Earth-shine Oct 2023 #23

Yeah but you can't "say gay" in schools now which was the REAL problem Takket Oct 2023 #9

the legislature had 2 special sessions onethatcares Oct 2023 #10

This is the house. former9thward Oct 2023 #12

I read about others in Florida doing that actually. redqueen Oct 2023 #18

Florida: The Underwater State ananda Oct 2023 #13

Way to go DeSantis. pwb Oct 2023 #14

Self deportation? 2naSalit Oct 2023 #15

They also have been running a roofing scam marybourg Oct 2023 #16

That is certainly one of the problems... Deuce Oct 2023 #20

Not us in Delray Beach. We have to buy new roofs just so we can qualify for insurance. Earth-shine Oct 2023 #24

Some of that requirement marybourg Oct 2023 #27

A lot of our roofs are 50 years old and never had a proper rebuilding. Earth-shine Oct 2023 #28

Not just in Florida...but in Texas and most of tornado alley. Xolodno Oct 2023 #30

Somehow I think the owners of this $3.5 million house will be fine. yardwork Oct 2023 #19

$121k MissB Oct 2023 #21

This sort of thing, while not to the same degree is happening other places. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2023 #25

I pay $1,900 per year in NYS, property and flood insurance combined. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #26

They could hike their deductible to lower cost. Emile Oct 2023 #29

Sometimes I wonder if half the nation will end up Ilsa Oct 2023 #31

I talked to some in Michigan who sold theirs in FL recently. roamer65 Oct 2023 #32

Not Just Blue Areas Deep State Witch Oct 2023 #33