BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Recovery Authority has
given its final approval to creation of a $5 million program to
help some homeowners rehabilitate property with Chinese drywall
problems.
The program will require legislative and federal approvals
before it can begin.
The aid also won't flow until federal officials devise a
national standard for drywall testing and remediation. State
officials say they don't know how long that might take.
As approved Thursday, the program would be limited to homeowners
with the drywall who received aid through the Road Home program
after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It would use $5 million in
federal hurricane recovery aid.
People rebuilding their south Louisiana homes after Katrina
claim imported Chinese drywall emits sulfur, methane and other
chemical compounds that have ruined homes and appliances and harmed
residents' health.
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