More than $100 million in state grant funding has been left unclaimed by My Safe Florida Home program applicants, and grant hopefuls are urged to immediately take steps to claim $10,000 for home-hardening projects.
The money is being reallocated from homeowners who completed their inspections and paperwork but did not follow through by completing their projects and requesting their grant, according to a memo released Wednesday by Senate President Ben Albritton.
The memo said that Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis notified the Senate that the program can reopen grant applications to distribute $103 million. That would cover about 10,300 new grants.
