Homeowners in Oakland, San Francisco and Berkeley whose homes include a living space above a garage, known as a 'soft-story,' only have until Wednesday to apply for grants to fund a retrofit.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Homeowners in Oakland, San Francisco and Berkeley whose homes include a living space above a garage, known as a"soft-story," only have until Wednesday to apply for thousands of dollars to retrofit the structure as part of a pilot program funded by the federal government.
The Earthquake Soft Story pilot grant program is providing eligible California homeowners up to $13,000 toward a seismic retrofit for homes with soft stories. The program is managed by the California Residential Mitigation Program and funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program.
An ESS retrofit would strengthen the garage walls and structure to help prevent the living space over the garage from collapsing into the garage during an earthquake. in Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Pasadena and Los Angeles. Homes in the program area need to have been built prior to 2000. The deadline to apply for the program is this Wednesday, May 31.
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