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Contact: Joe O’Leary | Joe.OLeary@cga.ct.gov | 508-479-4969

November 15, 2024

SENATORS ANWAR, RAHMAN LAUD SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 700 CRUMBLING FOUNDATION HOMEOWNERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS

Today, State Senators Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor) and MD Rahman (D-Manchester) lauded the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company’s latest report indicating that more than 700 households in East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Glastonbury, Manchester and South Windsor with crumbling foundations have been identified and will receive support for repairs and recovery. More than $36 million in claim payments have been made to those households, with nearly $20 million in outstanding claim liability remaining and scheduled to be fulfilled in coming years.

“The last decade has revealed some tough conditions for thousands of homeowners across our region, but the hard work by state leaders and the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company have helped alleviate the worst damage,” said Sen. Anwar. “Seeing these results, and knowing that the hard work of countless people has benefitted and aided community members in dire times, is reassuring. There’s still plenty of work left to done, but these results are heartening.”

“Crumbling foundations have been a scourge upon many Connecticut households, but the gradual progress seen in the last several years has been reassuring,” said Sen. Rahman. “I’m committed to continuing to support all aid and support for those experiencing issues with their homes, with the hope that we can help them get needed repairs and fix the problem for good.”

The data comes this week as the CFSIC has identified more than 2,360 homes across Hartford, Tolland and Windham Counties experiencing damage. In the last several years, the Company, which provides aid to homeowners with state funding, has provided more than $150 million in support with another $78 million left at this time.

Coventry, Ellington, Manchester, South Windsor, Stafford, Tolland, Vernon and Willington were most directly impacted by crumbling foundations, with each town seeing more than 100 homes affected. According to CFSIC data, Vernon has the most impacted homes at 412.

It’s been nearly a decade since Connecticut’s crumbling foundations crisis was uncovered, with more than 35,000 total homes potentially impacted by failing concrete foundations statewide. The concrete originated from the JJ Mottes Concrete Company in Stafford Springs, Connecticut from 1983 to 2015; in many cases, the foundations contained an iron sulfide substance called pyrrhotite that causes slow degradation of concrete when exposed to oxygen and water. That slow degradation contributed to the impacts of the crisis, as its weakening effects can go unnoticed for up to 30 years.

Since 2015, Connecticut has allocated millions of dollars to aid homeowners with testing their foundations and tens of millions of dollars to aid with necessary and expensive repair work to make their homes safe to reside in