The first meeting of the legislatively created My Safe Florida Home Advisory Council is scheduled to take place in Tallahassee today.
according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.
Sink will address the council at 8:30 a.m. prior to the commencement of Monday’s meeting.
The Council, authorized by Section 215.5586, Florida Statutes, was created to provide advice and assistance to the Department of Financial Services regarding the administration of the MSFH program. Sink will use the council’s findings to further improve the services provided to Floridians through the program.
Sink appointed the following individuals to the MSFH Advisory Council:
• Miriam Lopez, Trans Atlantic Bank, Florida Bankers Association appointee
• Otis J. Black, State Farm Insurance Company, Florida Insurance Council appointee
• Robert “Bob” Farr, Can Do Service Corp., Florida Home Builders Association appointee
• Kurtis “Kurt” Gurley, Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida, State University Faculty member appointee
• Rep. Alan D. Hays, Florida House of Representatives, House Speaker Marco Rubio appointee
• Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Florida House of Representatives, House Speaker Marco Rubio appointee
• Sen. Michael S. Bennett, Florida Senate, Senate President Ken Pruitt Appointee
• Sen. Paula Dockery, Florida Senate, Senate President Ken Pruitt Appointee
• Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes appointee
• Jack Nicholson, Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, senior officer of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund appointee
• Scott Wallace, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., executive director of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., appointee
• William “Craig” Fugate, Division of Emergency Management with the Department of Community Affairs, director of the Division of Emergency Management appointee
The MSFH program resumed offering wind inspections and expanded statewide in April 2007 after conducting a pilot program during the previous year.
To date, the MSFH program has received approximately 166,000 applications from homeowners for free wind inspections and conducted over 160,000 inspections. Approximately 17,683 homeowners have been approved to receive matching grants and are working with the MSFH program to harden their homes. Statewide, the program has issued a grand total of more than 3,196 grants to homeowners for more than $10 million.
Source: Florida Department of Financial Services
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