REALTORS® TAKE ACTION TO HELP COMMUNITIES
Heather Ozur, president of the CAR, said it continues to play a leadership role in working with local governments to fund relief and rebuilding.
“Wildfires are a huge concern
nationally and in California.
The question is how do we help with
fire hardening in the future?
We must find the best ways of
mitigating against disaster for residential and commercial buildings,” she
said, noting that property owners could benefit from government grants to pay
for retrofitting against wildfires.
“The wildfires exacerbated an
insurance crisis that we already had in California. We need to continue to work
with state officials to help alleviate that and ensure that every family can
insure their home,” Ozur said.
She explained that many families in
working- and middle-class parts of Los Angeles County, such as Altadena, may
not have enough of an insurance settlement to rebuild.
The wildfires took away affordable
housing in one of the highest housing cost areas in the nation.
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